Oh You, to Whom we belong,
To Whom we have always belonged,
To Whom we will always belong.

You, who appear to us in every face
You whose body is the whole universe, whose atoms are the stars,
You, who are the Harmony between all beings, the Web of Life,
The Great Tapestry into which we are all interwoven,

May we sense You, know You, feel you, in all that we see,
in all that we hear, in all that we taste, touch and feel,

May we know that You are always beyond:
Deeper than every surface, more distant than every horizon,
And yet closer to us than our breath;
Closer to us than we are to ourselves

Guide us, heal us, remind us that we are You;
That we are within You;
Every one of us another revelation of Your face.

May we walk in harmony with all beings,
From the smallest invisible micro-organism
To the vastest inter-galactic intelligence.

May we be plunged in the community of Your Life,
Let us perceive your innumerable transactions of life.
Swept up in the currents of your light and ecstasy.

May we walk humbly upon Earth, knowing this as sacred ground,
Knowing this body, given to us for our experience of life, as a temple.
May our thoughts, words, our actions always serve wholeness,
Always unite rather than divide.

Oh, You, to whom we belong, this whole world is a sign of your love.
And deep within the heart of each one of us is a love for you – for all pervading life,
the fullness of which, the vastness of which - we have yet to discover.

May each moment reveal greater and deeper awareness. May love blossom in our hearts and may gratitude ever be our soul’s song.

By Zia Inayat Khan (with a tad bit of editing)