{"id":1688,"date":"2022-05-15T13:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T20:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2022-09-04T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T16:47:16","slug":"the-chalice-of-my-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/05\/15\/the-chalice-of-my-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chalice of My Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Chalice of My Awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was searching
\nfor an Entrance to
\nThe Mystery<\/p>\n

when I
\nstumbled into
\none from the
\nbusiness end of
\nmy Sacred Couch.<\/p>\n

It came to me,
\nbetween naps,
\nto attempt to
\nmeditate,
\nthough I suspected
\nthat would lead,
\ninexorably,
\nto another nap.<\/p>\n

It further came to me
\nthat I should hold
\na Mantra
\nin the Chalice of
\nMy Awareness
\nthat went something
\nlike this:<\/p>\n

I Am
\nWho
\nI Am
\nWho
\nI Am.<\/p>\n

I knew
\nI should cover
\nthe Chalice,
\nthat thoughts
\nthat I should be<\/p>\n

other or
\nbetter or
\ndifferent than<\/p>\n

I Am
\nWho
\nI Am<\/p>\n

could simply
\nevaporate,
\nwithout corrupting
\nthe Elixir in
\nthe Chalice.<\/p>\n

Sure enough,
\nin a handful of
\nmoments<\/p>\n

I awoke,
\ndeep in
\nThe Mystery.<\/p>\n

I recognized
\nthe laughter<\/p>\n

at the notion
\nthat I should be
\nother or
\nbetter or
\ndifferent than<\/p>\n

I Am
\nWho
\nI Am.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Rey Proenza; UnSplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Chalice of My Awareness I was searching for an Entrance to The Mystery when I stumbled into one from the business end of my Sacred Couch. It came to me, between naps, to attempt to meditate, though I suspected that would lead, inexorably, to another nap. It further came to me that I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t