Love Is The Key

 Simon Herfet website: www.simonherfet.com for info. about his books.

--> As a retired Dorset Police officer who spent thirty years serving around the county, even I was surprised to hear today, that forty percent of the calls which the police now receive are related to mental health issues! What is going on? Many will ask. We all know many factors play into the reasons for this exponential increase in mental health problems for people in recent years, so I do not think I need to list them. However, what I do believe needs to be addressed among the more obvious reasons for this dip in the mental well-being of society in general, is the ‘void’ of emptiness that so many people complain of feeling within themselves and often for no apparent reason. This is in my opinion driven by the neglect of the spiritual well-being of the individual. This is largely because of the lack of spiritual teaching during the upbringing of most people that we receive especially here in the western world these days. The materialism all around us, is enforced by ...

The Buddha once came across a man and offered him the gift of enlightenment and it came in the form of a most beautiful crystal tree that the man could hold, as it was small and hand sized. The Buddha told the man," whenever you wish to feel the ecstasy of true enlightenment just pick up and hold the crystal tree that I have manifested for you as a gift from me to you". The man left having thanked the Buddha for his gift. The man revelled in his gift from the Buddha for some time, until a shop opened in his village selling crystal trees identical to the one the Buddha had given to the man. All around him the man saw other villagers carrying crystal trees the same as his and all the villagers said when they held the tree they felt as if they were 'enlightened'. This sent the man into a rage as he felt it could not be so as his crystal tree had been given to him by someone no less than the Buddha himself and their...

The song of the soul you are. The melody of the universe you are. The glow of the moon you are. The roar of the ocean you are. The radiance of the sun you are. The mystery of the night sky you are. The love for your children you are. The passion for your partner you are. The inheritance of your parents wisdom you are. The twinkle in gods eye you are. The sum of the joys of the universe you are. The wisdom of wisdoms you are. The smalls grain of sand you are. The son of the grandest sun you are. But most of all my child You are the love that created all these things and Still more.

In your magnificence may you see the sunshine in your heart. In your beauty may you feel the full moon glow in your heart. In your magnificence may you feel the power of the Eagle that takes flight on the wings of Gods love, towards the heavens, into the lovers embrace of your humanity. Namaste.

I Thought a Thought I thought a thought and then it was gone. It passed through me you see. I do not know which way it went. It was not mine and it was not me. It may pass this way again, For it is free, it does not belong to me. It is not mine or anyone else's. It just came to visit for a while. I saw its reflection in the mirror of my being. It was not real but I the mirror that is aware, am.

You Are You are the sea spray my friend, You are the diamond sparkle on the wave. You are a droplet of rain sent towards it from our sky. You are the wave the one before and after. You are the tide and the moon that is it's cause. You are the ocean and the ocean of oceans. You are the breath and the water of life. You are the awareness within its flow. My friends each of us are so much more than we know.

Dance As One   You and I dance as one, in remembrance of our love we share, awaken now from the dream from the dreams , of a thousand lifetimes and more. For in the remembering you will know yourself as I have always known you. As the mother cradles her off spring so as the father nurtures mother and child. For I have held you in my gaze.

SURRENDER TO LOVE SURRENDER TO THE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE THAT CREATED YOU, KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS LIES WITHIN YOU. YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE SEA OF ALL THAT EXISTS. WITHIN YOU LIES THE COURAGE THAT YOU SEEK AND THE ROUTE TO FREEDOM. BUT HOW CAN YOU TRUST THAT?HOW CAN YOU KNOW THIS TO BE FACT? BY TRUSTING YOUR INTUITION,YOUR INNER TEACHER. THIS IS YOUR LINK TO THE DIVINE WITHIN AND AROUND YOU, INFACT ALL THAT EXISTS. TO THE DEGREE YOU CAN LET GO TO THIS DIVINE INTELLIGENCE WHICH IS THE TRUE YOU,THE MORE YOU SURRENDER TO YOUR OWN POTENTIAL FREEDOM.LET GO AND BE FREE.

Self Belief Belief in the self. Is it trusting your own judgement? Or the belief you will not fail? Or neither of these things? Belief in the self Is having faith in yourself. Knowing that within you is The opportunity, The possibility, To be whom you wish to be. To enable you to follow Your own life’s path. Trusting yourself to be able And capable of being that person. Your achievements, Are of secondary consequence. For what brings these about Is that you believe them To be possible. Think not of yourself as A person in the making But already that person. Just be the person you want to be. Don’t try to be that person. Let go to that person. Allow the person You want to be To take over and be In control of your life.

Seashore Come my friends and join me hither, Come my friends fast don’t dither. Let me show you depths unknown, Depths below to chill the bone. Tempest wild, strong and free, Dive into your ocean, see, See no limits all around, See no constraints to hold you down. Plunge into the arms you feel, I will support its no big deal, For I am above, below, I am all there is to know, For you and I will journey ever. In time complete our joy together, For I am yours and you are mine And in our gods own gracious time, The shores that join disconnect us not, Is revealed the truth. For in the oceans sands of time, Is an eternity still sublime. For droplets you and I Create once more. Realise with open eyes The oceans gift for you and me, Unity completeness be.

Save a Place in your Heart Save a place in your heart For yourself. Do not allow the illusion To grow that you are not loved. That you are not loveable. For you are as loveable As anything could Possibly be. You are as loved As the sunrise After the darkest night Of the darkest soul. For but one light illuminates all, Even those for whom Evil hold’s no contempt. For the light of grace Reaches even the smallest crevice Hidden by the darkest night. For the joy which holds always The hand of eternity Is the one hand Outstretched As ever To us all.

Responsibility Be responsible to yourself And for yourself. You are responsible for your own life. No one else has that responsibility. Your life is in your hands And no other, except gods. Accept god into your life And he will take responsibility, Not for your action, Your actions are of your own choosing. But for your fate. For your fate is god’s responsibility only. For there is no other. So responsibility is shared, Between you and god. Each united in their own fate. Equally dependant on the other, choose wisely. Allow god the responsibility. Choose peace and your actions will lead you home.

Poetry Poetry is a form of communication Of the written word, expressed In rhythm and rime with love and Beauty, to uplift, inspire and Liberate the reader. Allow your poetry to uplift and Inspire the reader with its beauty Love and wisdom And trust That in so doing that you will Improve the life of others Through your communication with them.

Our Beauty is Within Our beauty is within As much as it is all Around us. Seek out your own beauty And the beauty In all whom you meet. Then that beauty Will be reflected Back always.

Loves Embrace A dream relived A thousand times. The face longed for But never seen. The embrace yearned for Though never felt. Love denied To another And thy own self. A past life remembered perhaps. To recapture that departed love From a yesterday Long gone, Yet so recent, The after glow Still felt. The embers of a heart, Still smouldering From the touch Just broken. A lifetime’s memory Lost in the mists Of eternity.                                           

Love Together What is love I hear you say! Between two people it is respect. It is thoughtfulness towards each other. Care and nurturing through good and bad. Love is about making allowances And forgiving each other. But not condoning unfairness Or controlling actions. Love is saying sorry when ‘Sorry’ is due. It is about finding the courage To communicate your truths. Also it is about conferring When important decisions need to be made. It is about compromise Much of the time. But not compromising oneself. Loving another is often about Putting ones own happiness After another’s happiness. It is about seeking the best For the other and not just for Oneself. Love is journeying and growing Together. It is about having fun, playing And loving together. It is about just enjoying The moment in togetherness.

Let go of the Snake When you are angry, When you hold on to resentment Or bitterness Towards another person Or some circumstance, See yourself As holding on to a live poisonous snake Within your own hands, Arms outstretched to keep it As far from yourself as possible. But still you are holding on to the snake. As long as you do You are as much its prisoner As the snake is your prisoner. You are not free. You are not truly alive, Your anger, bitterness And resentment Hold you prisoner too, Let the snake go free, In doing so You set yourself free as well. Once again peace can Return within yourself. 

Forgiveness Allow your suffering to subside Like the ebb of the tide. Do not hold fast to past hurt as All have their failings. Each persons focus and world Is created around themselves, This is nature’s way, It is a fine balance Between selfishness And selflessness. When you allow your pain To fly away you set yourself free. Free to be present In the present moment. Into that space within you That you have cleared, Will come peace and joy. Your sorrows will melt From you and the sun Can once again shine In your heart. Your countenance of joy Will bolster others in times Of their own sorrow And you will be a light Unto the world.