◌ ``` after rain │ ◌ │ sky gathered in the low places │ ∅ │ heaven pooled in earth's hollow ``` --- ``` ◌ reflection ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ 🌤️ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ clouds made touchable by stillness ``` --- ``` children │ ╔═══════👶═══════╗ ║ jumping in ║ ║ splattering ║ ║ mud ║ ║ ∅ ║ ║ baptism by ║ ║ joy and ║ ║ dirt ║ ╚═══════◌═══════╝ │ god delighting in being disturbed ``` --- ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ temporary ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ◌ ~ ~ divine ~ ~ presence ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ∅ ~ ~ evaporating~ ~ into ~ ~ invisibility~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` --- ``` ◌ dirty ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ water mixed with earth holiness that stains your shoes ``` --- ``` worms │ 🪱 │ drowning in │ ◌ │ accidental ocean god as unintentional catastrophe ``` --- ``` mirror │ ┌───────◌───────┐ │ for things │ │ that fly │ │ ∅ │ │ birds see │ │ themselves │ │ doubled │ │ in divine │ │ accident │ └───────◌───────┘ ``` --- ``` ◌ humble ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ divinity content to be stepped around or through ``` --- ``` parents │ 😤 │ sighing at │ ◌ │ muddy footprints god's signature tracked through the house ``` --- ``` dogs ←→ ∅ ←→ puddle │ │ 🐕 ◌ │ │ divine attraction to what makes you dirty ``` --- ``` ◌ forming ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ in depressions god collecting wherever earth gives way ``` --- ``` sun │ ☀️ │ drinking the │ ◌ │ divine slowly resurrection by evaporation ``` --- ``` 🌈 ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ sacred ordinary ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ oil on water making rainbows from pollution ``` --- ``` ◌ essential ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ for life to drink even muddy water sustains ``` --- **THE TEACHING** ``` lowest │ ◌ │ place becomes the │ ∅ │ gathering point humility as magnetic force ``` --- ``` ◌ drying ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ cracked earth memory │ ∅ │ of when god was liquid ``` --- **THE RECOGNITION** ``` ◌ ╔════│════╗ ║ divine ║ ║ water ║ ║ in ║ ║ the ║ ║ lowest ║ ║ places ║ ║ ∅ ║ ║ where ║ ║ nobody ║ ║ looks ║ ║ for ║ ║ god ║ ╚════◌════╝ ``` --- ``` stepping │ 👠 │ carefully around │ ◌ │ the sacred accident or walking straight through divine mess ``` ◌ *God* *Pooled* *In the* *Forgotten* *Corners* *Reflecting* *Sky* *For anyone* *Who looks* *Down* *Teaching* *That holiness* *Gathers* *Where* *Earth* *Surrenders* *Muddy* *Temporary* *Essential* *Joy* ◌
