Snowflake Love

As the snowflakes slowly are falling down.

Dancing in their own rhythm.

Reflecting the beautiful rays of the sun.

Sun of Love

Being absorbed and reflected by the snow flakes.

Covering the ground.

In a thick layer.

Laying themselves forming a piece of art.

Existence - The grand artist.

Every year the same.

Laying there.

Allowing others to enjoy the thrill of

Pulsating in the snow.

Watching the different snow crystals.

Let me be like a snowflake.

To be a beautiful expression of Existence.

To fully absorb and accept the Love of Life.

And to reflect this Love.

And to shine up the path of 'others'.

Path filled of smooth, white, shiny snow.

Path filled of wet, gray and gloomy snow.

Snow of Existence.

Same Love - showing up in different forms.

Same Love - manifesting itself in different ways.

Poem, Heartbreak, Heart-opening

I wanted to protect myself from heartbreak.
To just push away all the uncomfortable feelings and pain.
To move on
Forget.
I did put on some armour
Played out a role.
Played to be approved.
Played to be loved.
Played in order to avoid being rejected.
This seemed to work for a while.
Existence wanted otherwise.

Deep heartbreak.
Tears rushing down my cheeks
Body shaking
For a moment giving up
Facades dropping away

For a moment
Totally wide open
Accepting what I feel
Open to the rejection of someone else
Being embraced by Existence
May seem like a contradiction
That you understand and deeply feel you are all accepted
when you in the Moment accept the rejection by someone else.

I did put on this thick layers of armour
To protect myself from becoming hurt.
To protect myself from pain
Protect myself from becoming rejected
Hindering me to really feel the
Soft Breeze
To Really Experience Life in the Moment

Always had this insecurity
Fear of that others may hurt me
Fear and mistrust of Existence
Now when armour is dropped
I find out that Existence is embracing me
Touching me gently.
There is nothing to fear.
Just rest and trust
And dare to let go off your armour.
The armour that is sheilding your heart from Life
That is pushing away Life from connecting with your Heart.

/Anders Branderud, 31/12-2014

Poem, Armour shielding heart falls off

Completely touched
Heart meeting heart
Hearts uniting in unity
Feeling this deep love inside.
Heart pulsating love.
Looking deep into loving eyes.
Finding self within
Finding love within.

Whatever blocked this deep meeting
Just fades away in this openness.

Armour shielding heart falls off
A vulnerable heart is exposed to existence.
Heartbeat after hearbeat
Life is flowing
Running in the veins
All without effort.

Poem, Christmas

It is Christmas night
This beautiful delight
Bright shining light.
Lighting up the outside
Do we let the light of Life/Existence light up our inside?
To uncover and shine upon our dusty corners

Decorations outside in trees, stores and homes
And decorations on our Being inside. On our Inner Home.
Decorations to hide what we really feel?

Giving of gifts
Selfless love or
Seeking of approval?
Playing different roles
In this theatre of Life

Under the Christmas wrappings
Under the many layers of covers and masks
That we have wrapped our soul in
Hiding
Not daring to open up

Celebrating Christmas but not letting others open up the
Neatly wrapped Package of our soul

The truest Christmas gift
The Gift of Life
Receive this gift from existence
A Meeting where we allow ourselves to remove the layers covering
The depths of our Being
Where we allow a Deep meeting to take place
Where soul connects with soul
Instead of a facade connecting with a facade

Christmas
Cold outside
Let the Sun of Existence
Melt the frozen layers
Of attachments and  identities
Covering your ever pulsating
Vibrantly Alive Heart

A true Christmas gift
The gift that Existence offers in every Moment.
Embrace this gift
Embrace this Moment

Poem, Playful

In the midst of the light waters

In the midst of the raging sea

In the midst of the deep stillness

There is a place for you and me

Swimming

Floating

Flowing

Playing Abounding

Beautiful abundance

A rich treasure

Poem, Sand castle

Like a sand castle in the sand
Elaborate, magnificent
It took years of hard labour to build up this castle.
Put in alot of effort and suffering in building this castle.
Castle of ego structures
Ornamented
Layers of protection to protect from the outer surroundings.
Heart Armour to protect from feeling the inner sorroundings.
This seemingly harsh and harmful reality called Life

And one day there is this realisation that this castle is the root of my suffering
I am missing Life in my attempt to protect myself.
Life is Love and I am trying to protect myself from Love.
The very thing that I am searching for.

Putting down the spade.
Stopping to put effort into this elaborate castle building.
The wind, the rain and other weather phenomena is slowly making it weaker
And there is no effort to build up what it tears down

Feeling vulnerable and naked.
When the wind is blowing
Seemingly mercilessly, but yet filled with grace to its very core
Hitting directly to my very core.

Shaking
Shaping
Sharing
The gift of being all vulnerable and open.
Stopping to play the game of hiding.

Poem, A deep meeting of love

Deep meeting

It makes me feel so alive

It is so completely nourishing...

So fulfilling

So deeply touching Heart cries out of joy

Oh the joy

Oh the satisfaction of this connection.

Flying on a cloud.
So,so,so touched.
Like an inner deep wave
Inner tsunami of wellbeing
Feeling it's core

Feeling the waves hit the shore

And gently spread out.
A smooth and gently touch
Touching both the finegrained stones and the rough neglected stones

Welcoming and embracing of every expression

Seeing. 
The unique value and potential of everyone.
Waves bringing stones back into the deep blue ocean.
Ocean of Love

Ocean of Life

The forming place
Where the rough edges of ego falls away
And, the true core of Being can shine.

Shine like the sun sharing her beautiful expression with everyone

Generously sharing her love and truth.
Opening and touching hearts
Melting snow and ice of hearts covered in layers of protection armour.

This deep relaxation

Warm embracing inner movement
So deeply touching..
Positively overwhelming.
Inner waves of deep silence
Of Extreme wellbeing

Waves of deep, deep relaxation.

All so nourishing
Revitalising the whole being.
Touching the very core 
Healing
Transforming.
Opening up

For the River of life to flow

Flow. Through this Whole being
Without any blockades

This deep meeting is like a poem.
Effortlessly flowing
Connecting heart to heart

Depth to depth

Hearts dancing

Embracing moment by moment

Movement by movement

Lost in the dance

Lost in the wonder of Life

Lost in total fascination

Amazement

Wonder

Of how a deep meeting with another

Can bring you into the very Core

Intimacy of Being

/Anders Branderud