777 Directions
Blessed art
thou, O Void of Dark
The
womb that gestates a universe of light.
You are the
silence of the vacuum
And the Nothing
by which we recognize Being.
Out of you we
have come; to you shall we return.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art
thou, O Mind of Air
The
fresh breeze that blows distraction away.
You are keen
edge of a blade
And
the clarity of the very first moment of dawn.
On your currents
we rise to discern Being’s pattern.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art thou,
O Soul of Fire
The
thrust of desire that allows us to act.
You are the
passion that warms from within
And the
white-hot beam of a focused will.
From the flames
of your pyre we arise renewed.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art
thou, O Body of Earth
The
solid ground upon which we build.
You are the
cradle of all that lives,
The
land from which we eat our fill.
From your
abundance we learn pleasure, and generosity.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art
thou, O Heart of Water
The
cup of blessing that ever runs over.
You are the rain
that washes us clean
And
the ebb and flow of the ocean’s tide.
In you is all
our love, as well as our pain.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art
thou, O Truth of Light
The luminance
cast by a conscious mind.
You are the
eternal Word made flesh
And the voice
from the dark that first said “I.”
By your power to
name we self-create.
We welcome you.
Blessed be.
Blessed art
thou, O Mystery* of Spirit
You
who forever make all things new.
You are Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end;
It is you that
we attain at the end of desire;
In creation
itself we see your face.
We cherish you,
as you do us. Blessed be.
*or "Life
Force"
Copyright © 2002 by Christine Hoff Kraemer