The realm of heaven
is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;
on finding one pearl of great value,
they went and sold all they had and bought it.
—Matthew 13.45-46
We’re window-shopping.
We pretend it’s something you hunt the world for,
or it’s sold only in the most exclusive markets.
Friend, unlike a pearl, it’s already in your hand.
It is within you.
Let go of everything else
and there it is.
What won’t you trade for it?
Ah, there you are.
Listen: unlike a pearl
you can’t have or hold it:
it’s a realm, a whole people.
It’s for the world, not you.
That may be the hardest thing to let go of.
When you do—
there it is.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
July 21, 2020