by Judith Felsen, Ph.D.
My King,
How will I love You when we meet in this year’s fields of Elul?
You who have sent illness, pandemic, bloodshed, injustice, hypocrisy, fire, starvation and death…
We have been estranged and denying our separation for eons
Now it has come to this…
With my ambivalence how will I love You?
Will I remember that You sent us Your
starry sky on Your darkest night
blooms of wild flowers in Spring
symphonies of songs and calls
vocal ensembles of insects and birds
pools of wild waters, waterfalls and streams
cool forests and trees
spongy meadows and lichen
fractal images of Your presence and love
Elul calls to us to turn to You to
rebalance
restore
revive
remember
Your presence always in love
Judith Felsen, Ph.D. is a practitioner
and seeker of paths facilitating the transformation of human
suffering to wisdom, gratitude and grace. Engaged in this pursuit for
most of her life, Judith has incorporated the natural world as well
as mankind’s alliance in her work. Living in the White Mountain
National Forest, Judith feels at home with two and four legged and
all creatures and has likened the forest around her to a metropolis
of symphonies creating a language of their own. Insight, comfort and
connection are often concealed to us yet readily and always available
in nature’s world. Addressing issues of complex earth changes and
resultant grief, loss , voluntary and unchosen outcomes, Judith
spends daily time in mindfulness practice and presence to all
of life. Elul is a time to embrace our part in meeting G-d in daily
life in all ways including our hardships. We are asked to show up as
a partner. Partnering with spirit is day to day practice on our
way to the palace as we wend our way on the trail home.
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