What I Feel 
by Dionysos Maskaleris

I feel my pain. 

I feel my parent's pain. I feel my children's pain. 
I feel the perpetrator's pain. I feel the victim's pain. 
I feel the rich man's pain. I feel the refugee's pain. 
I feel Judas' pain. I feel Jesus' pain. 
I feel Satan's pain. I feel God's pain
I feel the pain of every soul that has ever lived.
All this is my pain.
The Darkness around me and within me completely without Light.
I feel all this pain - so deeply - I am utterly alone.

And then I breathe the All Love into each pain.
The Light of Love that flows within and between everything.
I smile at the homeless person pushing her cart
and she smiles back at me and she then to the next person she meets
and that person smiles to ten more
and they to hundreds more
and they smile to thousands more 
until all the world is crying and smiling in joy.

I feel the love that permeates all things and beings.

Everyday - every moment - I feel.
First I feel the pain - then I feel the love.
My purpose in living is to deeply feel and share the pain and love
so I can heal myself and help uplift others.
My purpose in living is to open myself and help others open themselves
to experience and be the ecstasy of life.

I am humbled by and learn from the great teachers of worldly and spiritual wisdom.
It is my responsibility to try to live these teachings in actions of love.
Some of my teachers are great sages worshiped by millions.
Some of my teachers are unknown children of innocent wisdom.
I am taught more by the meek of the Earth - those with less societal power.
I am taught by the people who struggle to survive or who have become accepting of life.
I am taught by the animals and the plants and I am taught by the stars and the atoms.
I am taught by many around me.
I have a lot more to learn.
I thank you for what you are teaching me.
Everyone can be healed and loved
with our breath of love.
Everyone can be healed and loved
with the Light of our eyes and souls.

{All Dionysos Maskaleris writings copyright or copyright pending}

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