The Place Where you are Right Now

The Place Where you are Right Now

October 22, 2015

This place where you are right now
God circled on a map for you.

Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move
Against the earth and sky.
The Beloved has bowed there—

Our Beloved has bowed there knowing
You were coming.

I could tell you a priceless secret about
Your real worth, dear pilgrim,

But any unkindness to yourself,
Any confusion about others,

Will keep one
From accepting the grace, the love,

The sublime freedom
Divine knowledge always offers to you.

Never mind, Hafiz, about
The great requirements this path demands
Of the wayfarers,

For your soul is too full of wine tonight
To withhold the wondrous Truth from this world.

But because I am so clever and generous,
I have already clearly woven a resplendent lock
Of His tresses

As a remarkable truth and gift
In this poem and you.

~Hafiz

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For the ones remembering... This space is rooted in the cycles of nature, the wisdom of plants, and the healing power of story. LoLo Schaffer is an herbalist, ethnobotany researcher, and community medicine maker currently completing a Doctorate in Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine. Her work weaves tradition, research, and ritual for a modern world remembering its roots.

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