If I could describe the feeling in meditation when the thoughts slow and Presence colors everything in a brilliant, white light. And there it is, the State of Being. I’d say it’s akin to listening to silence. Listening to the space between the sounds. And the space that’s there, holding the sound. Can you hearContinue reading “Listen to the Silence”
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Integrating the Shadow
I used to be afraid of my short comings. I didn’t know I was afraid of them. I had an elaborate system of hiding them from myself: they’re “no big deal”. Just don’t look over there (where they are) and all will be well. Until a time came when I had to look, I wantedContinue reading “Integrating the Shadow”
Take it and Run.
That good feeling that just swept through, that impulse of clarity that quietly peaked and then fell…take it and run. Take it and run into its sweet, misty air. Embrace those small lifts when they come. Notice. Notice when you suddenly feel free, or light in your spirit. Take it and run. Lend your attentionContinue reading “Take it and Run.”
In the Meadows
Does Ease still know my name? Though I wandered in the valleys of doubt In the shadow of strain Swam in rivers of anger In rage and loathing Does love still know my name? I toiled in the mines of Ugly Tearing away at the walls of disease Does the light still know my name?Continue reading “In the Meadows”
Into the Cold
The world became scaryScaryColdAnd I wanted to run backTo the places I knowWhere I feel safeThose pockets, or streamsWhere the world is blocked outA warm fog of yellows and brownsCarries me,And the world is distant. No, stay. I stayedIn the coldIn the realization of the coldBriefly, feeling the scary worldCold and blustering. I said, HebaContinue reading “Into the Cold”
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