Lucky

At times, I have betrayed my heart.

At times, I have gone against my truth.

At times, I have felt so hopeless that I figured it did not matter what happened to me.

At times, I have felt so alone that I did not care what did happen to me.

During those times, I knew to hold on.

I knew I had a chance.

I was lucky because I knew to keep going.

I knew I had people to turn to for help.

I knew I had angels and guides who always supported me.

I was lucky because I knew.

During those times, I still wondered how to live my truth.

I still wondered how to connect with my love.

I still wondered how to live as my light.

During those times, the impulse for power and control was strong.

The division between my mind and heart was confusing. 

The sense of disconnect from the divine was exhausting.

The illusion of being separate from my light was heartbreaking.

During those times, I did not know that I could expand beyond my pain.

I did not know that I could expand beyond my hurt.

I did not know that I could access my light.

I did not know that I could expand into a space of pure divine wisdom and love.  

Back then, I did not know.

But today, I am lucky.

Today, I know.

I know that I am wisdom.

I am love.  

I am light.

Today, I am lucky because I know.

Separation from the divine is only an illusion.
I am a divine being of wisdom, love, and light.

 - Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Arc of Being: Volume 4."

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Beyond The Veils

- Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Poems of Light."

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At Rope’s End

At the end of the rope, we have gone as far as we can go.
We have nothing more.
We have exhausted all outcomes.
We are at the end.

At the end, we stop trying.
We relax.
We let go.

At the end, we open.
We accept.
We receive.

Beyond the end is the unknown.
It is limitless.
There is freedom.

Beyond the end, there is mystery.
All outcomes are possible.
All potentials exist.

The end is of course not really the end.
It is simply the beginning.

Like the edge of the cliff, the end is the place where we launch.
It is the place where we fly.
It is the place where we awaken to the new way before us.

Do not be afraid of reaching the end of your rope.
With every end, you find a new beginning.
With every end, you find a new expression of who you really are.


- Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Arc of Being: Volume 6."

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You Are The Dance

You are the dance
between what you are
and what you hold.

You are the dance
between what you are
and what you have created.

You are your physical experience,
sensory experience,
emotion, and thought.

You are a divine presence,
different from what was -
you are a divine presence that is right now.

Open to who you are with courage.
Become fully present to what you hold.
Open with dignity and grace.

Open to your wisdom.
Know your experience.
Know the essence of who you are from within each experience.

You are wisdom in fluid motion.
You are light fully gleaming.
You are joy truly radiating.
You are love fully being.

You are the dancer.
You are the dance.
You are love.
You are the light.

- Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Poems of Light."

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Love Simple

- Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Poems of Light."

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The Healing Waterfall

Acceptance transforms,

inner eye opens,

realizations are instant.

I am sitting in a meadow

that is high up in the mountains. 

Silent for a while,

I get used to the freedom.

I welcome the open space.

I am calm.

I settle in.

There are sensations in my body.

I feel the joy. I feel the pain.

I am clear.  I am unsure.

What do I do?

I have time, endless time,

and so I open.

I allow.

Suddenly the rain,

falling rain, pouring rain,

creates a waterfall.

And so I open.

I get up, walk over,

stand for a moment

and then sit underneath the soothing flow.

My deeper pain comes up.

I let it come up into the light, into the healing flow.

Trauma turns to red, then to black, to brown,

and to gray.

My discomfort washes out of me

in a free-flowing cleansing fall.

Down the mountain,

over the cliff,

into the mist, it disappears.

Washing away, I allow.

Into the shadows it disappears

into the dark and empty void.

Letting go, I release.

I cleanse my system.

I am healing.

Releasing it all:

I am free.

Thoughts and feelings stirring,

all releasing, they all let go.

Suddenly disorientation and confusion overwhelm.

I question what.

I question why.

The old way is going.

Fading, releasing, fully releasing,

it is going, truly going,

and then suddenly it is gone.

The deepest part of me is free,

free to be,

and so I honor this new space.

It is freedom,

unfamiliar,

very strange,

I embrace the new.

Expansion creates new choices

and new ways outside the box.

No longer restricted,

I open deeper.

I accept me.

I breathe easier. 
I am free.

- Joe Hurley

An excerpt from my book, "Poems of Light."

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Accepting Our Human & Embracing Our Divine

Being a spirit (fairy, angel, etc.) does not hurt. Being human sometimes does hurt. This is why there is resistance to being human. We experience fear and pain.

The magic of being a divine being in human form is that we get to experience more than just what hurts. We get to experience the passion, the pleasure, the joy, and more. We get to care. We get to love. We get to bring our divine fully into this human experience.
It is our divine that allows us to flow with pure love, grace, compassion, and joy.

Yes, we may resist being human when we open to our fear and our pain, but when we open to our spirit, we become the divine in human form. We transcend the fear and the hurt.  We become divine human beings of light wisdom and love, co-creating with each other in love and light.

It all starts with accepting that we are divine beings in human form and also remembering that we are human beings within the divine oneness.

(This is in response to a great essay by Elizabeth Saenz who provides many cool fairy messages on her website www.theexpandedgateway.com.)

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