Yay,
you woke up!
how glad life is
for your companionship
it’s been waiting
to get your attention
whispering in your dreams
with all its wonders
calling you
to be together
how wonderful
you woke up!
the sacred pause
this moment
holds within it
the sacred pause
be still
and open to it
you need not
go any further
to come into
joyful union
with life
blessings
let’s put aside our small talk
and talk of our blessings
even if we have to sit wordlessly
to hear each other
let us connect and remember
the blessings that came to us
in moments of healing,
of wisdom, wonder and love
blessings that arrived
in the guise of coincidence
as rare flashes of beauty
or an inexplicably deep peace
let us open ourselves
to this vibrant thread of blessedness
that guides our lives
to the blessings
that are still waiting
for the time when we are ready
to welcome them
love story
why are you here
on this beautiful Blue Earth?
may marveling at Life
be your love story
a fresh flowering
each dawn
may yours be a tale
of loving Life.
visiting the mystery
visiting the mystery
walking into stillness
each breath an opening
pondering that which has no name
a time before body,
before birth
once we all
have been formless
the oak, the dove,
the clouds and you and me
condensing and dissolving
here, but not for long
a constant coming and returning
from and into formlessness
beyond words
some understandings can live quite comfortably in our head
yet are much more difficult to put into daily practice,
this is one of them:
you don’t have to agree with another’s words
and still hold the other person lovingly in your heart
we get so befuddled by words,
by opinions,
including our own
instantly forgetting that we are kin,
born equally and together into
this immense mystery of life
forgetting that
we really don’t know
all that much,
even our own selves
can we listen and perceive
that which lies beyond all words
beyond our opinions?
receiving and giving to each other
from light to light, from love to love
walking in wonder
life is for living
to know its ephemeral nature
and delight in its vibrant displays
not to get lost
but, yes, to be awed
to walk in wonder
a juicy, juicy question
living in this wonderland
of bones and blood
of breath and leaping fire
this miraculous state
of being human
witnessing
the in and out
what will be next?
what is in season and fresh?
what within does the witnessing?
such a juicy, juicy question
only simple questions remain
“welcoming all of life equally”
there are moments
that have power
loosing a loved one
perspectives change
standing at the threshold
drawing nearer
to the Mysteries
it seems that only simple
questions remain
how well have i loved?
have i allowed life to love me?
surfing
“something catches the attention”
something catches the attention
pulling life out of automatic
time stops
no past, no future
just single focused alertness
flower
forest
smile
is seen
wordlessly
without classification
without possession
without the need to change it in any way
only
open
hearted
awareness
life to life
vital
inclusive
togetherness
… then
another
wave arrives
inviting us to surf
cliché
“sunset”
“Be here now”
“Live in the Moment”
it has been said
by so many and so often
that it hardly causes
pause or ponder anymore
just, the quick mental:
“yeah, right, got it”
then,
forgotten.
instantly.
how could these few words
cause real change?
in me. in you. in the world.
what does it take?
what does it take
for a momentary perception
to change our mind?
it has to push through
the weight
of all our conditions
and conditionings
it has to be seen
for the beauty of itself
for the immensity
how i wish
for you and me
for our world
to truly be
with the never-ending beauty
of the present moment
just for one day...
“be together”
let’s go on a journey together
and ask ourselves…
if we would've been born
in a different country
to a different family
would we have turned out
like we are today?
would we hold
the same views and ways
of perceiving the world?
it seems highly unlikely
doesn’t it?
our views
are products
of our conditionings
it doesn’t matter
what particular views
have made their home in us
what we will do
for our views
matters
will we go to war for them?
get upset and condemn others
if they don’t share our views?
curious isn’t it?
views do not care
about you and me
about the well-being of our bodies
or about our friendships
dear one, just for one day
let’s set aside our views,
even our most treasured ones,
and be together
unknown
“life”
there is the known
and the unknown
and the unknown unknown
how to even wrap the mind around that?
with humor and lightness
i try
and begin pondering
what i do not know
the time, the place and cause of my death?
why consciousness exists?
what caused the universe and life to be?
how much I can trust my senses?
how much I can trust my memories?
the realms outside the spectrum of my senses?
why I perceive the world in a dualistic way?
why life unfolds to the mind as a continual string of now-ness?
the reason for the uniqueness of everything -
be it matter or this moment, nothing is ever quite the same?
well, that’s just a wee fraction
of the known unknown …
how does it live within?
Welcome! Welcome to the Great Mystery!
waves of words
“softer, like water…”
what are these musings?
these waves of words
arriving on my shores
they are
continual
gentle
reminders
that life is a gift
yours, mine - this very moment
a mystery
a grace
an opportunity
to learn to love
freely
spontaneously
wholeheartedly
loving life
in all it’s colors
pathless
“pathless”
there is a beauty to this quiet watching
to witness
the formations
of rationalizing,
of avoidance and laziness,
the quick to judge,
self aggrandizing,
eager greed,
and anger at the ready
there is a beauty to this quiet watching
and to no longer look away
to see the state within
rather than only
in “the others”
the problems of this world
start so close to home
sobering
to no longer hide
to enter a pathless land
of mercy
and love
transformation
“diversity and unity”
life is pulsing
arising, living, dying
sparks
from formless
to form
from form
to formless
transformation
everywhere
the mind imagines,
it witnesses
in this palace of diversity
and unity
playing the part
“before me a glittering sphere”
before me life
like a jewel
asking
to be lived
asking
which part will you play
this time in the Great Game of Life?
where we all wear masks
where we all play roles
remember,
once in a while,
to question the rules set by man
to question everything
especially when it comes to
seriousness and righteousness
then return to play, knowingly
in emerald fields
with gusto and sincerity
perfect circle
“right on time”
in this season
fog rises off the river
veiling the morning-sun
i see its perfect circle in the sky
a wonder all by itself
sun and moon - perfect circles
then, remembering
a total eclipse
two circles aligning
both exactly the same size
spectacular
design!
and the clockwork of it
happening “right on time”
another marvel
finely tuned mechanisms
that make our life possible
wonders
upon wonders
surround us
they will still be here
when current dramas deflate
to their true size
where is freedom
"the parade of my thoughts”
a continual waterfall
the parade of my thoughts
old thoughts,
newly combined thoughts
but
ever an original thought?
not to be thinking
the same old drivel
again
and again
how free
that must be
where is freedom . . .
if not in the mind?
into the mystery
“melting all doubts”
what do you call them
these meaningful moments
that reconnect you to
the mystery of your existence
that come so unexpectedly,
with divine tenderness, melting all your doubts
into clarity and union
if only for an instant
these moments that are so unique to your life,
calling you close again, into the mystery
how your soul glows
when you remember your moments
