The flood of beauty that greeted me at dawn drowned my thoughts and swept away my mind until nothing was left but a breathless heart gazing through the eyes of wonder. Whose masterpiece is this impossibly exquisite symphony of color and light? My senses are stunned and intertwined, I see the melodies cascading from the [...]
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 [...]
This morning I awakened from my night dreams Into the larger day dream of my life. Now I long to awaken further From this mysterious dream realm of “reality” Into the true “awakening” of consciousness without thought
Shafts of misty sunlight through a canopy of green Penetrate the clouds in the canyons of my mind And fall softly on the garden of my heart Here in the garden are the fruits of seeds sown long ago A sumptuous feast fit for a king, born in the heart of a beggar
I don’t know why but I woke up inspired this morning….I was expecting something else. Sometimes we are given a gift that has nothing at all to do with anything we have done or earned…it’s just a gift. So this morning I was given the gift of inspiration. Not the inspiration to do anything in [...]
There is nothing so intoxicating as the drama of this life. There is no spirit or elixir that can make us so drunk with misperception as the ongoing play of our life and the world. Beyond the drama there is a peace, an all-consuming joy that we both endlessly seek and simultaneously run from and [...]
I see You in the snow white moon hanging in the breathless sky I hear your voice in the ocean breathing it’s song at the shore I feel your touch in the fingers of the morning breeze caressing the earth I see your eyes as the stars reaching out through the veil of night It [...]
Like a thief in the darkness I strain to listen, searching for the silence, for the still well out of which all these vibrations of creation are pouring. My soul is thirsty for the silent stillness that is robbed by the incessant demands of the talking mind-self. Never ending re-runs of what was…or what never [...]
Bruised and sulking he sought refuge in the cave of self-pity. It’s comfortably dark in there with a lot of old bones laying around. But it got too hot and stuffy so he stuck his head outside for a breath of fresh moonlight and was struck by a star. Dazed, for a moment he forgot [...]
When the light comes nothing can resist. What darkness can stand against the light? Light does not conquer or destroy the darkness, darkness simply can’t exist in it’s presence. Darkness is not the presence of anything, it is the absence of light, light is the presence of it’s own effulgence. We do not need to [...]