Serenity Meditations, Volume III - Mitchell Isaac Friedman (spicy books to read TXT) 📗

Divine Attributes

Generous, loving, 

Omnipotent, forgiving: 

Divine attributes.

Peace

Waves wash ashore with a whooshing sound 

above gulls circle round 

their cries softly sound 

seaward bound 

peace 

 

distant joyful sounds as children play 

gentle touch of ocean spray 

warm sun brightened day 

all these say 

peace 

 

serene contented contemplation 

awareness of all sensations 

mindful meditation 

concentration 

peace 

Mindfulness

Mindfulness-- 

focused, aware; 

feeling, experiencing, breathing. 

In the moment, all-encompassing tranquility, 

contentment, serenity, 

peace. 

Between Reality and Dream

In that half dreaming state between sleep and wakefulness consciousness discerns not the line between reality and          dream. 

 

Morning’s light breaks through 

as consciousness awakens. 

Dream’s foggy mist fades

 

Wakefulness

(Taken from the first line of “Suicide is Painless,” the theme to M*A*S*H by John Mandel 

“Through early morning fog I see.”) 

 

Wakefulness breaks through, 

as the Sun’s early 

light heralds the morning. 

Dream’s foggy mist 

yields to reality I 

can see. 

Soul

 

One 

Soul in all 

sparks of the One Source 

parts of the Universal 

existing only 

in the One 

Soul.

Souls

Living many lives 

immortal souls strive 

to reach 

knowledge from those lives 

as toward G-d they strive 

and reach 

for wisdom from strife 

living each new life 

they reach 

Ocean Peace

soft whispering waves 

sweet plaintive song of seagulls 

happy mind at peace 

 

Yom Kippur Prayer

May it be Your will, Lord, 

inscribe my name, 

and seal it, in the Book of Life 

for a year of prosperity. 

 

Inscribe my name, 

that I may return to You 

for a year of prosperity, 

a year of health, good, and peace. 

 

That I may return to You, 

purify my heart and soul 

for a year of health, good, and peace. 

May it be Your will, Lord. 

 

Blessed

 Beyond all worthiness,

I have been blessed.

Even as I cursed my fate,

my faith tested beyond measure,

just when I was set to surrender,

I was blessed

to see a greater purpose

awaited me.

Looking back,

the past, that

testing ground of my faith,

was far better than I

thought.

Looking back from

where I now stand

I see my defeats;

I see my triumphs.

Family,

profession,

health,

contentment—

I am blessed to

discover

that what I once saw

as failure,

was merely a step

toward

blessing,

and now I see that

beyond all worthiness,

I am blessed.

Thoughts Like the Leaves of Autumn

 

Thoughts like the leaves of autumn

floating on the gentle breeze

blanketing the empty road

leave the mind serene

One on One

 

Alone in worship 

solitary communion 

one on One with G-d 

Inspiring Isolation

In time of crisis, sans congregation, 

no need to despair. Seek 

one on One communication, 

looking deep within, where 

G-d hears private supplication, 

find comfort there.