Category: 2022 spiritual

Things come together
From present pivots
On and on they move
The very moment now.

A new balance ever
Stepping forward ahead
One way or another
All ways right now.

At uncertain times
It seems backward
When actually it is
Consistently what is
No matter what ever.

It comes, it goes
The river flows
The wind blows
We dream a dream
Gently whispering
Yes, I love you!

“無為 Wu wei — contemplation”

Good things come together

Can a good thing perpetuate itself and stay a good thing? Ideally it be propelled by its goodness to know where to go and connect. But it has to go out there to meet and bring itself to others, so one may come its way. Thus make it available, bring it out to be seen and heard. Maybe there will be some who look and listen. Maybe a few will relish it as a good thing, the best for one of so many who are far better. And that is a good thing that stays a good thing.

Miracle sunrise over the Alps

Where do we go? The past is gone, the future open, the present now! That’s a choice of one, here now, the present moment. It’s all we have, had, and will have. Throughout eternity that’s now! At times we reach ahead a bit. We try to plan, we dream and envision. Then again we look back, clean house one way or another, deal with accumulations. Dust settles traces of trash and treasures. Sort through experiences and things. Together we can get somewhere. Alone we wither away to pieces. Such is life and love. I need you, and you need me. The choice is dual, love or fear. And beyond that we all are soul. Where do we go?

It’s clear, here and now. Simple and free, follow your destiny. As circles and cycles close upon themselves, doors open to step through into new worlds that have always been present but more or less neglected, ignored, or even pushed aside by all the happenings and choices made by and for oneself, goals accepted and aimed for, what was achieved, and what was missed or was not to be. For all that is to be, indeed was, is, and will be. Whether we rejoice or cry makes no difference, except for oneself. Thus it’s clear where we want to go — to rejoice in the freedom and confines of the present moment, continually in love and with divine spirit.

Courage it takes
To be oneself
Fulfilled and free
To be all true
Standing up tall
Surfing the winds
That rip and rattle
To shake it lose
And liberate all
To be detached
Let go entirely
In the present
Moment upon
Moment again
Until here now
I am that I am
And that is all
As well as nothing
Ever and never.

“Blue Courage” — a Dorian mode blues medley

Grammar of animacy

“I come here to listen, to nestle in the curve of the roots in a soft hollow of pine needles, to lean my bones against the column of white pine, to turn off the voice in my head until I can hear the voices outside it: the shhh of wind in needles, water trickling over rock, nuthatch tapping, chipmunks digging, beechnut falling, mosquito in my ear, and something more — something that is not me, for which we have no language, the wordless being of others in which we are never alone.”
— Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, p. 48

Courage it takes to step out

Some things fit
And others don’t;
Only you can tell
For your very self.

What did fit once
May not fit now;
And what did not
May now maybe.

Beyond possibilities
The very realities
Of a one and only
Soul and self.

A seeking stranger
A strange seeker
Finding the good
The good finder.

Good, not better!
Better is worse.
What is best?

“From the Future to the Present and Back”

The Cyrus Charter

The fragments of the Cyrus Cylinder from the 6th century BC honor the Persian king Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire. Many historians regard this cylinder as early or first declaration of human rights. Here is a translation or interpretation of a portion of it:

“Everyone shall live according to his religion, respect women, and help the poor. Everyone may speak the language of his tribe. Only with human values can you be human. … To break the chains…, the freedom of the slaves, and honoring the elders is my wish.”

Snapdragon survivor chilled