Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Kuan Yin | Prayer for the Abuser




                    To those who withhold refuge,
                    I cradle you in safety at the core of my Being.
 
                    To those that cause a child to cry out,
                    I grant you the freedom to express your own choked agony.
 
                    To those that inflict terror,
                    I remind you that you shine with the purity of a thousand suns.
 
                    To those who would confine, suppress, or deny,
                    I offer the limitless expanse of the sky.
 
                     To those who need to cut, slash, or burn,
                     I remind you of the invincibility of Spring.
 
                     To those who cling and grasp,
                     I promise more abundance than you could ever hold onto.
 
                     To those who vent their rage on small children,
                     I return to you your deepest innocence.
 
                     To those who must frighten into submission,
                     I hold you in the bosom of your original mother.
 
                     To those who cause agony to others,
                     I give the gift of free flowing tears.
 
                     To those that deny another's right to be,
                     I remind you that the angels sang in celebration of you on the day of your birth.
 
                     To those who see only division and separateness,
                     I remind you that a part is born only by bisecting a whole.
 
                     For those who have forgotten the tender mercy of a mother's embrace,
                     I send a gentle breeze to caress your brow.
 
                     To those who still feel somehow incomplete,
                     I offer the perfect sanctity of this very moment.


                     Kuan Yin*
 



* Kuan Yin --- Goddess of Mercy and Compassion: 'one who regards, looks on or hears the sounds of the world.' 




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3 comments:

  1. Compassion. Always.
    Some things are not meant to be forgiven.

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  2. Hi Ant. Yes, compassion. Always.

    As to forgiving/not forgiving. . . a tricky subject. I hear what you say. My in-the-moment response is this: meeting a situation or person in an attitude of forgiveness does not imply the accommodation of atrocities, taking a passive stance, or accepting blindly what might be considered 'unforgivable' behaviour. It means somehow infusing the situation with compassion, despite all?

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  3. This is a stunning piece of writing.

    Thank you for posting it, Claire.

    xT.

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