I have been thinking a lot about a very beautiful poem by Seventeenth Century Japanese poet, Mizuta Masahide. And here it is:
Barn’s burnt down - -
now
I can see the moon.
Wow. Just let that sit there for a moment. That’s how I feel when I say this poem to myself, like I just want to sit with it for a moment.
I can’t think of a more perfect poem to sum up, and add wisdom and guidance to what we are going through right now.
The barn’s burning down. That’s an unbelievably scary, disrupting, destabilizing thing.
And yet, once it’s actually burned to ground, we’ll be able to see the moon. One of the most beautiful, consistent, natural, pure and true things we can know and experience here as humans on earth.
Fear, uncertainty, and loss are here. And so will be truth, light, consistency, perspective and vision.
I invite you to consider what structures are burning down in your life right now. Both internally and in your outer world. How does it feel to watch those go up in flames? What are you losing? What are you gaining? Have you caught a glimpse of the moon yet?
If there’s no moon yet, it’s ok. According to Mizuta Masahide, we don’t see the moon until the barn has is done burning down, and I don’t think we are there yet.
It will come.
Blessings to you on our journey together.
Erica