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Copyright © 2002
The Cosmic Dance
By Joyce Rupp
Art by Mary Southard

Subtitled, An Invitation to Experience Our Oneness, The Cosmic Dance is a melody that each of us is dimly aware of. Through powerful prose and poetry, Joyce Rupp makes it easy for us to experience our unity with each other and all of life. She calls us to live compassionately with each person and particle of creation. She challenges us to hear the pain of the planet and to care for the earth and its inhabitants. Most of all, she draws us to fuller enjoyment and appreciation of life and its unbreakable goodness in ourselves and in everyone and everything around us. Beautiful full-color art by Mary Southard accompanies the text.
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Excerpt from The Cosmic Dance
We Are One
little dancing feet full of energy
enlivening every particle of the universe,
tiny feet skipping, hopping, jumping,
strong feet stomping, jiggling, prancing,
leaping to a rhythm that defies regulation.
airy, bright feet of sailing stars,
wrinkled, callused feet of day cliffs,
waxy, webbed feet of succulent leaves,
fast flowing feet of winding rivers,
endless feet of unobserved tree roots,
soft feet of every form of fetus.
with an eye as fresh and delicate as birth,
sneak a peck as each pulsing part of life
comes dancing, whirling, weaving,
secret neurons, veiled photons, hidden electrons,
whirling, skipping, pirouetting,
forming a circle of oneness with each other.
if your ear is keen enough, you will hear
their insistent, silent symphony,
moving freely in chasubles of beauty.
receive the music of their secret unity
as they glide within each other’s life,
unaware of barriers built by static minds.
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