When I can be the witness,

all manner of miracles occur –

old wounds heal, the past

reveals itself to be released,

present dramas play themselves

out without sinking emotional

talons into my soft skin. The

witness welcomes truth and

dares to meet reality on its

own terms. It is the ground

in which the seeds of

transformation take root

and finally flower. When

the witness is awake, the

lake of mind is still, and

in that mirrored surface,

I see my own true face as

Spirit smiling back at me