All Around Me

I look around me

at all the everyday miracles

that embrace me every day.

I look behind me

and see all the teachers

that had guided me along the way.

I look within me

to see the wisdom

that has manifested in me.

I look next to me

to see the teacher

who illuminated the path for me.

I thank the teacher,

with gratitude for everything

that he has taught me.

He replies with a humble smile,

“I haven’t taught you anything.

You taught yourself each time

you opened your heart.”

I look ahead of me,

and see an unbinding

of all that is around me

all that was behind me

and all that could be, that could be.

Writer’s note: The above poem comes from a dream I had where I met all my spiritual teachers – many who I don’t recognise in this lifetime – and thanking one in particular who’s been with me for a long time. He said to me, “I haven’t taught you anything. You taught yourself each time you opened your heart. I only showed you the way to do that.” I woke up feeling a sense of joy and openness, with gratitude to all those who showed me the way, in their own way.