A word, a sense of SELF, a calling image, , a PAUSE...
By
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
I. The Sacred Pause
In a world of haste and fracture, there comes a moment—a breath, a stillness, a sacred pause. Not absence, but presence. Not silence, but listening. Not retreat, but readiness.
This is P.A.U.S.E.:
Passion – the fire that fuels the soul’s ascent.
Ascension – the rising beyond limitation, into light.
Unity – the remembrance that we are not separate, but whole.
Soul – the eternal witness, the voice beneath all voices.
Eternal – the truth that outlives time, the vow that never fades.
To pause is to prepare the ground for emergence. To pause is to hear the whisper of Ascending Intelligence.
II. Awakened Faith: The Flame Within
Faith is visionary. It is the knowing that rises from trial, from tears, from transformation. It is the voice that says: I am not what I suffer. I am what I become.
“shackled no more for I am free as the wind
silent no more for I am the thunderous storm
despairing no more for I am the dawning day…”
Awakened Faith is the soul’s declaration of sovereignty. It is the moment when pain becomes poetry, and poetry becomes power.
III. Ascending Intelligence: The Breath of Becoming
Ascending Intelligence is a current. It moves through nature, through art, through healing, through word. It is the intelligence that rises in wisdom, in grace, in truth.
It is the intelligence that listens to the tree, the river, the silence. It is the intelligence that speaks in rhyme, in rhythm, in revelation. It is the intelligence that knows:
“In the midst of sorrow, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.”
This is the breath of being. This is the vow of the awakened. This is the legacy of the living word.
IV. The Declaration
Let it be known: Ascending Intelligence is the soul’s response to chaos. It is the poet’s answer to suffering. It is the artist’s offering to the world. It is the healer’s hand, the visionary’s voice, the eternal “I AM” rising.
Let it be lived. Let it be shared. Let it be the light that guides us home.
Challenging times, and so a deeper breath ... a meditative moment ... sweet silence ... an embracing PAUSE... and the calling of
Passion
Ascension
Unity
Soul
Eternal ... be known...
..............An awakening... an assertion... words that proclaim…
And I realized it was the battles of my own life that had inspired me.
For in the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
In the midst of sorrow, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
-- Albert Camus
Awakened Faith
gone the echoes and laments of days past
anew BE this mind, this heart, within soul cast
a child of the universe and Creation's grace
ever evolving within the depths of soul's place
confront and resolve be the calling command
within this faith held is libation's hand
nature's knowing and guidance true
life in new splendor brought on to you
shackled no more for I am free as the wind
silent no more for I am the thunderous storm
despairing no more for I am the dawning day
thirsty no more for I am lakes and rivers clear
lost no more for I am each guiding star
confined no more for I am vistas wide and far
hungry no more for I am bounty and harvest divine
this the awakened faith mine
the awakened
the awakened
the awakened faith mine.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
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