LET ME GATHER MYSELF
A Reclamation Prayer
by Shiloh Sophia
I call myself back
from the four and many corners
from the curves of the earth and cosmos
from the time space place
both far and near
I gather myself up
I call myself back
from the hidden domains
the places I said yes
because I did not know
what was invovled
in really knowing
I call myself back
from the visible dimensions
the places I said yes to seeing
because I was hungry for more
for the forbidden, perhaps,
even seeking power not my own
I call myself inward
seperating strand by strand
from traditions and patterns taken on
codes imbibed, even in beauty,
seperating energies transmitted to me
without my conscious consent
I call myself inward
from any place I have been
where I was not invited
where I, knowing or unknowing
entered the domain of another
trying to help or to heal
I reclaim my field
from the foreign and far reaching
from the dimensional domains
that are not coded for my particular
place in the earth air fire water star
formed by the breath of the Divine
I reclaim my field
sealed from systems, programs, functions,
friend or foe, or entity, with which
I am presently embedded or engaged
casting out from me in the name of the One,
anything not mine, creating a clear field
I choose to inhabit this temple
this earthly vessel which is mine
to inhabit, my cosmic address
to choose to live here, now
and not in some other world system
gone too far afield
I choose to inhabit this temple
the dna, the blood, the bone,
the organ, the tone, the breath
the holy map of me as mystic
and declare it more than enough
with plenty of mystery to weave
When I have gone too far afield
may I remember to gather up myself
to make ammends with all I can
while I have been distracted
by the desire for knowing or having
and found myself lost on some other path
When I have gone too far afield
I pray, Great Lady, you will gather me
back into the folds of your garment
light the candles of your Wisdom table
and tell me stories that remind me
who I am, and, who, You are, to me
May I be at cause
for shaping both the container
and the content for which I have
been made responsible
taking great care with what goes in
and what comes out to be offered
May I be at cause
for the tending of my own alchemy
before sending out continual signals
that I am available to support
the transformation of others, it is time,
for discernment, even in service
Let me gather myself into this story
creating boundaries around my beingness
that my consciousness may be whole
only opening to that which is on my path
resisting the temptations and elixirs
not stirred and offered in alignment
Let me gather myself into this story
an intentionally created path with heart
and hope, narrow though it may be,
with gifts enough to last a lifetime
Creator, will you quench my thirst,
even to heal, with your living water?
To all who have served me,
I say, thank you.
To all I have served, and attempted to,
I say, thank you
To my Creator, I say
thank you, thank you, thank you
I have gathered myself
from the four and many corners
Amen
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Prone to wander, Lord I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love,
here’s my heart, oh take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.”
Hymn, Come Thou Fount 1757
Dear One,
In this sharing this morning,
I invite you, to gather yourself up.
To use this prayer or a version of it,
or your own.
Insert your own name for the Source you call Divine.
Sometimes I feel in my desire
to serve and heal I do go too far afield.
Seeking, seeking and looking everywhere
and wanting to know.
I stretch, and justify this stretching as growing into myself
and my gifts. But then, one day I realize I have gone too far out,
and must come home and trust
that which is truly on my path
has ALWAYS revealed itself to me
without me needing to look so far
into other systems and energies.
For the past few days I have wanted
to have a rites of passage, a healing
to gather myself up. In sitting with it,
I didn’t know just what to do.
So I started praying and in that praying
images of the Great Lady, Guadalupe, Lourdes,
and many other threads including a new version
from the Greek of the New Testament that wants to use my art,
all appeared in my inbox or phone.
Through technology, yes, but a clear message, a call home.
For me this is to the Lady, and to Yeshua.
Not all the systems that hold them,
but rather, their story for peace and healing and forgiveness.
And yes, some narrowpath clarity as well.
For you it may be some other path,
or perhaps this doesn’t resonate at all.
I find I want to help so much I almost
can’t help myself from seeking more help.
Where is it, is it here? There?
I have also been in a kind of health journey
looking for guidance from any place I could
find it and ended up confused with many
layers of counsel, while not conflicting,
not aligned either. And so a call to Gather myself up.
And in that, to share it with you as well.
May my own healing be of service in your own healing
or at least you find it curious and worth your time.
The painting I have chosen for this writing
was the last painting I did while with Sue, my teacher.
I feel I have been somehow searching for her
far and wide in the cosmos.
It is time to come home.
Almost four years after her passing.
8 Years after leaving my 16 year marriage.
At the age of 48, I declare myself, home, and healed.
And MOST grateful for my life, my home, my husband.
Amen.
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