Anne Maria Clarke - Knocking on Heaven's Door

Anne Maria Clarke - Knocking on Heaven's Door

This is a rather unexpected and unplanned blog post - and yet I would very much like to share a lovely experience. It happened just a few days ago in the most mundane place - the local supermarket. I am not a fan of such shops and I often find the music played there hard to tolerate. Yet on this particular morning a cover of Bob Dylans's classic Knockin on Heaven's Door was being played which I love. I can't quite explain what happened next only that quite out of the blue - my heart  somehow opened up and I found myself looking and feeling deeply into the presenses of others around me, all going about their daily business ... a pregnant young woman, a small boy, possibly her son, hopefully eyeing the rows of chocolate bars, a frail elderly couple holding hands, an middle-aged man clearly an alcoholic, a bored, tatooed, teenage shop assistant - and - where normally I would have remained in my own bubble, so to speak, only peripherally aware of others, or possibly even being a bit judgemental of this and that about them - instead I was suddenly overcome with absolute love and compassion for all of these different souls, all endeavouring in their own ways to find a way through the day, with all their fears, joys and uncertainties with them, rich and poor, young and old, healthy and sick, the folk with their secret loveless marriages, those recently or about to be bereaved, those without jobs or money enough for the week - all making their way through the day - doing the best they could.
Mama put my guns in the ground!
- the song counselled - just in case I might be tempted to judge anyone.
 I can't shoot them anymore!
The lyric continues - and in letting go - in opening my heart - or rather having it opened - curtesy of the song...I felt I knocked on Heaven's Door  ...and that fleetingly it opened slightly and I peeped through to the infinite love & compasssion beyond.

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Knockin on Heaven's Door - cover by Connor Zwetsch

Anne Maria Clarke

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