Beyond the Map

Today, O Mysterious One, I will burn this fearfully sketched map
On my brazier of my heart.
With bodhi-compass and open sails, always only just arrived,
I want to flow along in graceful trust, letting
Each encounter Reveal the Right Medicine, letting
Each impulse Augur what makes me Most Alive.
Beloved, guide me along the path of Holy Names,
Every syllable a stone between my destiny and my desire,
Every gathering a constellation of gifts,
Every moment a lesson,
A verdant terrain of blessings
Into which I will sow an endless field of gratitude.

Raleigh, 2014-04-06

Prayer to Kuan Yin - Claudia L'Amoreaux

Divine Mother of all Beings
Great Goddess of Compassion and Mercy
May my heart be home to you
like your island in the sea.
May I feel your presence guiding me in fear and rage.
May the strength and balance of your grace-filled body be mine when I need them,
And may I walk in your Bodhisattva Way with trust and gladness,
Beyond time, beyond the end, beyond the beginning.