He’s somewhere up there in the just-budding
leaves of the maple,
I am straining my neck, tracing every outstretched branch
and twig; I can’t spot him anywhere
and now he is unspooling his notes stronger than ever.
I give up searching,
decide to stay accompanied
by the refrain whose origin
I don’t need to see to believe,
only keep listening
for the unseen song behind everything.
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
