Gathering Stillness: Reflection Upon Reflection

By Rennie Walker

Poems, Prayers, Meditations and Mantras for a world now turning too fast and shallow ... Too many potters spinning too many wheels, making nothing much, faster and faster ... for a world now turning too fast and shallow ... enter ...... within ...Poems to inspire us to perform the devotional act of gathering Stillness to oneself."To gather Stillness is to engage in a sacred, devotional ritual, a shamanic practice. Once Stillness is Gathered, "you" are not really there, yet a You not of the surface world is most certainly there. Perceiving. Accepting. Being."How do I, Rennie Walker, "create", write? "I become still, or undistracted. I listen out for "whispers." I keep my "deep" eyes open, the seeing that sees only the Presence of the Divine everywhere. I wait, patiently. When "inspiration" (i.e. the touch of the Divine) comes and touches me I always accept the gift of what I am given. I may not use it - ever - in a poem or story. Nevertheless, I always accept the Divine Gift. And write it down I always say "thank you". Always. Every time. For I know it is not me who writes. I am, simply stated, the scribe. I develop an ongoing and increasing dispassion about the surface world. That world is "only" the surface world."What are my goals as an artist? "Even with dispassion, I consider myself an activist as an artist. My aim is to be a touchstone for some to choose to become a questing Heart. It is not a task in my Wisdom Journey (my "life") to touch everyone on the planet, or even many. My only task I accept for myself is to do what I can. What I only can do. Those who begin to quest begin to treat all of Creation, all of Mother EAerth and all upon Her Breast, with love and compassion. They begin to Serve All of Creation. In small ways - rescuing a snail fallen from a flower bed - and larger. And, some times, big.""Not all artists choose to understand art as I do. As Service to the Divine. I honor them all. They are on their Wisdom Journey (whether they realize it or not). And I am on my Wisdom Journey."Namaste!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478222328
• ISBN13: 9781478222323
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"