Born Again Heathen
Many years ago, I was dying.
I wasn't ready to leave earth yet
My sweet little boy needed his Mama
My heart was shattering for him
I searched everywhere for god.
Calling out.
Crying out.
Nothing.
I felt utterly abandoned.
I was called to the wilderness
I sat in solitude
My soul left my body and was lifted to the heavens. While I was simultaneously anchored down into Gaia
Spirit filled me with its presence
God wasn't something to be found
God was already here
Right in front of me.
And all around me.
Within me
In the forest, sun, moon, the stars, the trees, the crisp air, blowing winds and clouds, the purifying waters, steams and rivers, blazing fires, in the earth and dark soil, the morning dew, in the mountains, canyons and rock formations, in the mist and fog, the plant kingdom and in the souls of our dear animal kin.
Within.
The ancient soul memories revived
A sacred fire ignited within my heart
The bond with Gaia restored
Reverence for the ancestors and kin
Spirit weaving in and through my every fiber
Undomesticated and free
Sovereign yet an interwoven connection coursing through all
I wasn't met with a arrogant tyrannical sky daddy that wants us to fear him, fill us with rigid dogmatic beliefs and drop to our knees, submit to his commands and beg for forgiveness. That will torture us for eternity by burning us in hell for not finding him there, being an obedient order follower, believing pages in a book and that we are all born dirty rotten sinners, yet supposedly unconditionally loves us.
But the essence of spirit and soul within all that is sacred.
Religious folk call us godless Heathens
Believe us to be on the path of evil
That we need to repent
I say, they have really dumbed down and degraded their god, are restricted within the shallows, domesticated and enslaved.
They are missing out of the most divine, powerful and beautiful connection to spirit and all that is sacred, their souls ancient memory and purpose, and the ultimate experience of existence and being.
You cannot tame a Heathen spirit whos roots run deep
