THE EYE OF THE HEART
A Letter from Pilar to Rita Karpo, August 21, 2020
Tonight
Here in a high place
Near home
I stand in Ceremony
Under the stars,
It is a new moon night.
We have lit a fire
Of thanksgiving and Praise
My friend Spider is the presiding Elder
Wendy the firekeeper
Five Chintamani Jewels, my Crystal skull
and my Peruvian Mesa have come with me
To also be participants
In this sacred fire
My other friends have also brought
Sacred Objects to the central altar
Like in the ancient pre-Colombian
Taino culture of our Central America
mostly forgotten now,
We prayerfully voice heartfelt intentions
inside the sacred fire
as we drop
one at a time
Little twigs
The night is crisp
Fragrant
Silent
Deep
.
“HUMANITY IS ONE SPIRIT.”
I say…
Watching the purifying flames
as my heart
expands
beyond
time:
A heart with wings:
is a very eloquent symbol
of the Sufi tradition
As I utter this simple prayer
wrapped in the cool darkness
of the starry Solemn night,
in front of the healing warming fire
my heart takes flight
like an eagle effortlessly coasting
high above mountains
I feel that in the center of my flying heart,
I now sense an open
witnessing
Eye
a Divine Eye
of IMMACULATE PERCEPTION,
an eye of supreme AWE
that perceives in utter silence
the ineffable and infallible perfection
of all Earth life,
to bathe in love
all it sees….
NOW is time for all humanity
to allow our HEARTS to fly
erasing forever
prejudices, judgements, and pain
NOW is time for ALL OF US
To co-create under the Stars
a New Earth of Peace and Plenty
*
Perhaps you,
dearest Artist Friend Rita,
may wish to create a painting
of this image
of the Winged Heart
with a Compassionate Eye
at its center?
Love, Poetry, Purpose,
Pilar