Love and Fire

It’s the season of building fires. In fireplaces, wood stoves, and fire-pits. Every year I have to remember again, how to feed the fire and not stifle its first breaths. Arranging the paper and kindling in such a way that air can come through. Carefully fanning and blowing on the small flames, allowing them toContinue reading “Love and Fire”

The River

After my workouts, I try to listen to a Kirtan station to stretch and relax. Today, this beautiful song plays: Gayatri Mantra by Deva Premal As I let my body move and stretch to the music, an image came into my consciousness. I was laying in a river, floating, as the water rushed with purposeContinue reading “The River”

I Love You Anyway

I want you, anyway. It seems in this life we constantly strive towards perfection. It’s part of the human condition I say, to constantly seek Better. I love us for this, for this painful striving. It’s a beautiful gift that births invention, evolution, and expansion. It’s a beautiful curse that takes us from gratitude toContinue reading “I Love You Anyway”

The Eyes of the Heart

It’s past midnight and I should be sleeping. I laid awake thinking about this thing that’s been bothering me. I rolled it around and around in my head. Trying to see it with my larger vision, trying to see the trail of ease and light flowing through it. But the more I looked, the moreContinue reading “The Eyes of the Heart”