Chants, Shir HaShirim

My Beloved Is Mine: Dodi li

Dodi li va’ani lo, Ha’ro’eh ba’shoshanim.

My beloved is mine and I am his.
He pastures among the lilies. (Song of Songs 2:16)

With this practice, I am asserting the truth of mutuality. We belong to one another. The Divine Mystery is giving itself to me to explore, nurture, and embrace. I make myself vulnerable to his gaze, his touch, his searching interest in the inner beauty of my soul. I open to the God’s loving attention and in opening I can know myself truly.

And this sense of mutuality can extend to all my relations, as I acknowledge the Tzelem Elohim, the Divine image, that is engraved in the heart of all Creation.

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