A Deeper Sense of Surrender

O Transcendent, Imminent now

Unto Thee I humbly bow

Thou suffering and sorrow ender

Grant me pure love for Thee and show me how

To achieve a deeper sense of surrender

O blessed one, untouched by sin

Come, and come, and come again

Thou ever-free in deed descender

My constant Companion and dearest Friend,

Give me a deeper sense of surrender

O sustainer of all three worlds

Thee in whom they all do whirl,

Help me forget and to remember

By Thy touch I am released evermore,

Teach me the deeper sense of surrender.

O slayer of demons of doubt

Thy praises be in my mouth

May my heart grow always more tender

I need not any worldly accolades

In fact, I would very happily trade

Them for a deeper sense of surrender.

The Wisdom of Folly

Dear Lord,

Deliver me from the whirlwind of infinite opinions.

I have found no peace at all in them;

No satisfaction in theologies, philosophies, and systems of metaphysics.

For each question answered, ten more arose in its stead.

This rabbit hole, I believe, has no end at all.

Now I, dull-headed and empty of sophistry,

Burnt out from wracking my brain

And straining to make sense of clever word-play,

Desire only to sit and listen to the sound of the birds,

The wind rustling through the leaves of the trees, 

The children laughing at play.

The silence of my meditation

Is filled with the Voice that speaks 

The Truth no tongue has ever uttered,

Nor ever was penned in any book, however holily esteemed.

My mind's integrity remains

All that in my life is sacrosanct.

Return to thy native simplicity, O my soul!

And discover again the wisdom of folly.