When the road behind becomes longer than the road you can see ahead in life, there is a profound shift in perspective. A frightening opportunity to open up to more Truth. As long as what we perceive as the time we have remaining here on this plane of existence appears to be longer than the [...]
The surface of the water became still Like a liquid mirror And I saw the reflection of a wondrous world A world I had never seen A world I live in every day but had never seen Until the water became still
Nothing special, just another ordinary day…..of opening my eyes upon the incomprehensible miracle of mystery and madness, another day in the journey of this dreamlife. I look up at the infinite ocean of blue with a snowy white half-moon suspended above me, wispy and weightless clouds drifting lazily by. Silently the landscape is illumined as [...]
Sometimes the breath of your music draws me into stillness like a gentle river into a motionless sea. It is not the sparkling notes, the liquid melodies, the textures and timbres or the layers of swirling vibrations that carries us away. It is the silence out of which they are born and return to, sweeping [...]
Beauty comes to me at dawn in a garment of golden light and baths me in the music of a new born day, breathing into my heart with a lover’s touch, the melody of my soul. I am lost in wonder, I am drunk with awe. Who is not dumbstruck with the arrival of [...]
Sometimes I dare myself to plunge into the present moment. It’s like standing at the edge of the high diving board at Lamberton Lake when I was a boy, a little queasy with the mixture of adrenaline and fear, daring myself, preparing myself to DIVE IN! It can be scary to dive into the now! [...]
Just about every morning I go outside for 15-20 minutes to just be in nature. We have a little patio area that I have designated as a “no thought zone”. Being creatures of habit, we are gradually forming the habit of dropping our thoughts about our life, problems, cares, the world and for a refreshing [...]
A new visitor…..a bear. This brings up a variety of feelings, excitement, awe, anticipation and a certain level of discomfort knowing a bear is roaming our property looking for something to eat. Oh well, this is an interesting part of living where we do, on the edge of the Angeles National Forest, the San Gabriel [...]
“Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise” ~ Zen Koan This morning everything is the same….but everything is fresh and brand new. I am more and more aware that it is always NOW. Yesterday, last year, this afternoon, tomorrow, next year…..all just concepts in my brain. The only thing that’s real is [...]