The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Unburdened Unknowing

Listen to your dreams.
They seek to spare you
your knowing.

Go deeper,
beneath your psyche
and learned responses
to that pool
of undisturbed water
called Being.

All of God’s mystery
resides in a single drop of water
and in the fire spark
which started your heart,
then gave you eyes
to see the light.

Don’t just marvel
at the unburdened unknowing of children.
Go there with them.