Yesterday, I was sitting by the beach here in Southern California while my daughter was swimming. As I sat there, I wrote this poem.

 

 


Swimming In God’s Ocean, a computer drawing by Harry Kottler

 

 

 


The Ocean I Have Come To Know

 

 

by Harry Kottler

 

 

Sitting by the outer beach

All we need is inner peace.

We don’t need the waves to ride.

We need to find peace inside.

 

The ocean I have come to know,

The one without an undertow,

The one that lives within my being,

The one that is supremely freeing.

 

There I move with total ease.

The water suits all of my needs.

Its boundless space does not bind me

For I am everything I see.

 

The outer ocean is a place

Which brings a smile to every face,

But the inner ocean’s quite divine.

Within it, I lose track of time.

 

Sitting by the inner beach

Ecstasy’s within our reach.

All we need is meditation and devotion

To swim inside God’s glorious ocean.

 

…………

 

With love and respect,

 

http://harryandhelen.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/08/the-ocean-i-have-come-to-know.htm