Gems of Inspiration: Transformational Poetry from the Heart for the Soul

By Gary Stuart

GEMS of INSPIRATION: TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY from the HEART for the SOUL, is a collection of spiritually inspired poems. In this work, his first in the poetic genre, he uses his literary talents to share messages of hope and healing as we travel through the different stages of our lives.

Everything is poetically covered from Evolution to Birth of Spirit to God, Parents and Babies, as well as Grief, Death and Celebration of Life at every level of the human experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 10, 2007
• ISBN: 9781467098199

Gary Stuart

Gary Stuart. Author, certified Systemic Constellation Facilitator, Teacher, Lecturer and Bowen Therapist, has been documenting his healing experiences over the past several decades. As a student of Bert Hellinger, Primal Therapy, Neuro-Structural Integration Therapy and Shamanism, his insightful writings provide a unique perspective on the correlation between the micro and macro-cosmos, between our inner and outer worlds. His first book, GOD says, “HEAL!” explored the positive aspects of disease. His second a novel, 2004: Nature of the Beast by Big Brother was a prophetic revisiting of the earlier 1984 Orwellian work.     Stuart’s most recent offering, Many Hearts, One Soul provides a distinctly American perspective on the Spirit behind this Constellation healing process of which he is a practitioner. He received his certification from the renowned Stark Institute and Bert Hellinger of Germany. He currently facilitates Systemic Constellation workshops throughout the United States. This, his newest book GEMS of INSPIRATION: TRANSFORMATIVE POETRY from the HEART for the SOUL further explores the deepest levels of spiritual wisdom and healing. As always he chooses to share and inspire those on their own journey to learn and grow from his adventures into rediscovering unconditional love, consciousness, faith and trust.

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First published by AuthorHouse 10/8/2007

ISBN: 978-1-4343-1931-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4670-9819-9 (ebk)

Printed in the United States of America

Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

Nature

God

Life

Love

Birth

Parents

Generations

Holiday

Spirits

Death

The End

Or

The Beginning?

GEMS of INSPIRATION

Preface

First of all, I’m humbled and thankful that you chose to buy and read this, my 4th book. Thank you for taking the time to share my spiritual quest for the meaning of this wondrous journey we’re all experiencing during our short time here on this magnificent Earth.

I’m very happy to report that the whispering wind of spirit passed through me with these thoughtful words on its breath. We all share in this breath of life and live within the wind of the spirit that guides all living things. Breath turns this wind into words, filling my heart and my head with thoughts and phrases to uplift. My intention is to delve into the most delicate realm of human existence, namely LOVE. Love can be very complicated, easy, hurtful, wonderful, sad, melancholy, exciting, violent, disturbing and joyful — all at the same time. What kind of paradoxical element could this feeling or awareness be? Where does it come from? Why does it emanate from the heart of every being? Does it emanate from the soul, as well? Does it emanate from the mind? Love seems as illusive as a butterfly delicately lighting on a freshly bloomed flower. Love can also be as busy as a bumble bee feverishly buzzing atop a flower, soaking up its sweet nectar, unaware of its helping to pollinate every other specie, spreading genetic diversity throughout the land through this one seemingly selfish act. Nature is all around us in its brilliant and fruitful bloom.

Everyone loves, from a mosquito hungry for the blood under your skin to a dog that loves its master unconditionally, as any mother loves her child. Love is simply monumental, and it pervades every corner of our existence. They say that there is no such thing as darkness, only the absence of light. Could it be that there is no such thing as hate — perhaps only an absence of love? Could the murderous rage of hatred be a passionate love for something that may only survive by its exclusion? Perhaps the very duality of this paradox holds the answer.

As we walk this mysterious path called life, we all encounter many different challenges. Often they come to demarcate the various chapters of our lives – questions about our relationship to God and the universe, challenges concerning Love, the struggles in our day-to-day lives, even tragedy and Death. The poems and essays found within this book are similarly organized into four distinct sections, plus there’s some holiday cheer thrown in for good measure. Yet, all these subjects have an important commonality — the Spirit. They are (and we are) all connected to this Source, if you will, and how we deal with life’s challenges individually or collectively bears tremendous weight on how we interpret the fate of our destiny and the destiny of our fate.

That said, please enjoy these Gems of Inspiration which the wind has whispered to me and which I now share with you.

A warm, sincere, loving Namaste to you and yours,

Gary Stuart 2007

A very special THANK YOU to Gary A. Corb who, with his love and undying support, made this, our 4th book together, as lovingly perfect as can be. I am humbled and eternally grateful. I appreciate his contribution immensely to this wonderful endeavor of love by us both that we send out to the world.

NATURE

WHAT IS NATURE?

One 4 All, All 4 One

What is humanity’s lesson at this point in time?

We are being taught and shown the rules of life

that apply to all living things,

yet we never stop to ponder the lesson unfolding right before

our very eyes — ONENESS

All existing in Nature are One with God.

Earth, Sky, Clouds, Trees, Land, Water, River, Lake, Ocean, Sea.

To pollute any is to pollute all.

All living things are One with God.

Sea mammals, Land mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Insects.

All of the unseen in the world are One with God.

Disease, Bacteria, Viruses, Atoms, Molecules, Elements.

All are part of the profound whole,

and God is the profound whole of all parts.

All living things, all dying things, all are equal to the whole

and equally valuable as a part.

All aspects of life are inseparable from each other,

as life itself is inseparable from each part.

We indeed are one for all and all for one,

as the Creator’s intention for us is to learn this truth

once and for all.

L’Chaim!

MOTHER KNOWS BEST

Mother Nature

Divine Mother Nature has a plan.

It’s bigger in nature than mankind can understand.

The arrogant males think that they know it all —

Except for understanding gravity or why a tree always grows so tall.

Mother Nature laughs ‘cause she knows who’s on the ball.

Mankind is virtually blind to Mother Nature’s wonder and awe.

He’s so entranced with his self-indulgent importance,

trying to genetically re-engineer a piece of straw.

Mother Nature yields, as her polar ice caps thaw,

while Man calls it inconsequential, and fails to grow transgenic straw.

It’s much easier to terrorize by using shock and awe.

Mother Nature lets him play soldier, for she is giving as she is kind.

She even tries to balance what