22/01/2023
THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING HAND
You are the essence of my existence.
Who am I? A mirror in your hand!Whatever you do, I will do.
I am your irresistible reflection.
With every breath, I feel
my heart is beating with yours.
In your joy, I am exuberant!
In your sadness, I am in sorrow.
If you are bitter, I become bitter.
If you are grace, I become grace.
My joy is when I am bewildered in your beauty
and taste the sweetness of love on your lips.
If I pick a rose without you,
it becomes a thorn in my hand.
If I am the thorn,
I become the rose in your hand.
-RUMI
SACRED HONOURING RITUAL
Place one hand resting upon the other with palms joined together.
Say aloud. "Through the loving grace of Rumi, brother of my soul who loves me without condition, these hands are now blessed as the hands of the lover and the beloved, as the one divine hand, all-encompassing. I am blessed, protected, nurtured, and received. I am touched by the Divine with compassionate mercy and loving tenderness. I call on the hand of grace to touch, heal, bless, and protect all aspects of myself and my life journey. Through divine grace, so be it."