The Living Waters You can’t make this stuff up. Every once in a while, something happens that stops you in your tracks and changes the way you see the world. The Living Waters was born from one of those moments. I was present when my dear friend Brook experienced what I can only describe as a profound outpouring of Spirit. In that moment, Mary Magdalene spoke to her as a sister, and from the experience came three extraordinarily simple exclamations of union: My Heart is Your Heart. Your Heart is My Heart. Our Hearts Beat as One. I have repeated those words thousands of times since. Yet their power, for me, lies in their simplicity. They speak of Now. Presence. Love. Union with the Holy. Nothing to chase, and nowhere we have to go. The invitation is simply to become present enough to recognize what may already be flowing through us. That experience made me think about the ancient spiritual symbolism of water. From water in the wilderness in the story of Moses to sacred springs associated with places such as Fatima, water has repeatedly symbolized divine provision, renewal, healing, and life. And the image reaches far beyond any single religious tradition. Wherever human beings have lived, water has meant life. But perhaps the Living Water represents something even greater than survival. Perhaps it represents the difference between merely surviving life and fully participating in it, entering into a conscious, loving, co-creative relationship with Spirit and with one another. And that is what I witnessed through Brook. Her name itself became part of the metaphor. A brook does not create the water. It does not possess the water or command where it must go. It simply becomes a pathway through which the water can flow. What a beautiful image of spiritual presence. Maybe that is something we can all become: not owners of the sacred, but open channels for Love; not people trying to manufacture miracles, but human beings present enough to recognize the miracle already moving among us. Perfect Love manifesting. Perfect Presence manifesting. Perfect Partnership manifesting. Thank you, Mary Magdalene. And thank you, Brook, for being the beautiful soul you are and for becoming, in that extraordinary moment, a place through which the Living Waters of Spirit could flow into the world. From that experience came this song: “The Living Waters” A song about Brook. A song about Spirit. And ultimately, a song about every one of us, because the rivers may be many, but the Living Water is One.