Earth Etude for Elul 25 - Circling Home

by Rabbi Kaya Stern-Kaufman


Turning, always turning
To every turn, a season
To every season, a spirit
To every spirit, a soul
To every soul, a home

Ani l’dodi v’dodi li
I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine
Elul pours forth a call

Turn as the earth
Around your sacred truth,
Hold to your center          
           but move from your place.
See 
from a new angle, Who You Are
And who you need to be

We are fiery emotions
We are waters of compassion
We are centered breath of life,
We are steady solid clay

An eternal breath wrapped in dust and light
Turning
always turning

=========

Rabbi Kaya Stern-Kaufman,MSW is the Founder and Director of Rimon Resource Center for Jewish Spirituality in Great Barrington, MA. www.rimonberkshires.org. She is a former psychotherapist and feng shui practitioner with a life-long interest in comparative religion and the creation of sacred space and sacred time.