The Journey of Courage
by Martha MacFarland
Courage is needed on our journey of truth
When we look inside ourselves
And find the strength to move beyond our pain and grief
To accept fear for what it is in this duality of life
In order to release any control it has had over us
We journey to non ordinary reality
And our heartbeat serves as a drum to carry us forward
We see a meadow with scattered trees and a creek
And find the bridge to carry us over
And the hawk flies overhead to reassure us we are on the right path
That we will find our sacred truth on this journey
That he will guide us to awaken
What is needed to live fully in the present moment
Without being caught up by the past
Without having trepidation for the future
So we may embrace our unique expression of truth
Our divine intensity of energy that grows within us
In this meadow, we see our many selves throughout life
Fragmented parts of us that left us in pain
But they are ready to come home now
They see we are there with courage now to love all aspects of ourselves
Even the disassociated ones that left in suffering
And the owl in the tree over us brings winds of change
To let us know that we can leave our old habits behind that do not serve our highest good
That we can accept our feelings and be free from them
That we can learn from them, embrace them, love them
For in our humanness, we see our condition
For in our spiritual nature, we see our divinity
So we shine awareness on these emotions that no longer serve us
And look for the bridge to return home with our lost selves
To bring back our inner child
To integrate our small self with our Higher Self
Connecting our humanness with our divinity
For courage is on this bridge in non ordinary reality
When we leave the ego behind to journey to find the soul’s needs
When we meet our divine nature, our Higher Self in God
And reach out our hand and offer our pain, our troubles
And let the light that emanates from the universe
Take the attachments and transmute them into a swirling motion of light
And then breathe back healing and freedom into our soul’s essence
Reminding us that we are worthy and loved
Despite what waits us when we return to ordinary reality
Our own inner reality has shifted
For on this bridge of courage
We have found peace in this spiritual dimension
We have released pain that no longer serves our soul
And as we observe ourselves from a higher perspective
We see the soul returns to wholeness
Fragmented layers brought back and alchemized back into gold
And the wind caresses our face
And the sun warms our body
And the owl hoots in the background to offer us wisdom and guidance
Reminding us to trust our intuition
That we can see beyond this illusion of life
Beyond the deceit and masks of others
Beyond the programming of the collective consciousness of humanity
Beyond the cultural norms that we were conditioned to believe in
And behind this veil
We see the peace and comfort of the Conscious Oneness of God
We have courage now to be our authentic self
So we can return now to ordinary reality
We can cross back over
With acceptance of our feelings now
With the trust that in letting go
That in complete surrender to our Higher Self
We are guided, integrated, and whole again
For in our courage, we took our journey and it made all the difference