an invitation

 

it began as a mystery

what a wondrous journey you made
when you traveled
through the veil of birth

and now, all your days
playing in the material world
are they not enigmatic?

will you not, like all, move
through the veil of death?
which is another natural mystery

to welcome these marvels
surrounding you now
to be present and engaged

sensing the living mystery
this is the invitation

 

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

 

kindred reader

 

dear reader, six years ago this week
the first musing was published

and for however long
you have been part of this journey
of receiving, reading and giving
room within yourself to these ponders

i would like to thank you
for your kind attention,
your comments and shared insights

thank you!

these musings are written each week
as a self-alignment process

they are perennial wonders on life,
they are paths of surrendering and letting go,
of learning to love

shared with you
with this intention and wish:

may they be useful to you, kindred reader,
on your own contemplative inner journey

with gratitude and endearment,
💛 lenis

 

seeking truth

 

after all your seeking,
your studies and travels
to find the truth

somewhere
out there on the wind
from wise lips, or in sacred texts

when you have exhausted yourself
and have used up all
that needed to be used up
yet still there is the urge to try

to answer the call
that brought you here

one road remains
that is walked inward
shedding all you thought you knew,
welcoming the unimagined

 

little grudges

 

on a fine day,
while i was unaware,
it arrived, a little grudge

and it just would not let go
of it’s peevishness


now, like all “little grudges”
this one was not choosy

any topic, anytime, anywhere
would do for it to flare
in discontent

directing ire at loved ones
or world events alike


so what to do with such a “little grudge”
as a traveling companion through life?

best to get to know it well
watching it in the bright light of awareness
as it moves and what it causes inside the body,
the emotions and the world of thought

respecting it,
yet not letting it assume the driver’s seat

 

we need both

 

we experience life
in human form, in a body
where matter and spirit
braid together

and it can be quite confusing
finding balance
between our worldly life
and our spiritual pursuits

not favoring one over the other
but to hold both
with equal endearment

in our physical daily life
we need sound, skillful ways
to live harmoniously

equally we need to give time
to the spirit of stillness
letting go
into the Loving Mystery

 

once upon a time…

 

once upon a time…

a question arrived
on the spring wind

blowing open
unnoticed doors
by simply asking:

are your memories
using you?

or are you using
your memories?

now, watching the mind
launch itself into reliving

its favorite stories and tales of woe
what great productions it makes
endlessly intoxicating itself

what unfamiliar freedom
to observe,
rather than be snared
by memories.

 

stay tuned

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