Encouragement and understanding: The Singing Bowl

The Singing Bowl
By Malcolm Guite

Begin the song exactly where you are
Remain within the world of which you're made
Call nothing common in the earth or air

Accept it all and let it be for good
Start with the very breath you breather in now
This moment's pulse, that rhythm in the blood

And listen to it ringing, soft and low
Stay with the music, words will come in time
Slow down your breathing, keep it deep and slow

Become an open singing bowl whose chime
Is richness rising out of emptiness
And timelessness resounding into time

And when the heart is full of quietness
Begin the song exactly where you are