whirling
dervish hands up
praise up
imitation is such flattery
spiralling riding the all high
golden mean
skyscraper in progress
to the top of
this perceived
roof raised
sky’s the limit
kind of feeling!
Tag Archives: metaphysical
Repose
Stillness is a well
Refill your bucket frequently
Draw on the water liberally
Use it in any way,
you feel so compelled
Happy Birthday Love
Confetti, balloons, candles
But not too many
Unless we’re talking about lovely afternoons
Or walks on the beach in our sandals
Your quality introspection,
communions with the stillness
And your journey of discovery and investigation are another year older today
I bless your pursuit of wellness
And I say many, too much, and all of your energy
To this and all following years of your endeavor
As we feel the sand on our feet on this side of forever
And we lose the US and and become the ocean, the sun, the water and the heat In a celebration of wisdom and peace
That is another tempered year
Together
I’m proud to behold your unique
And beautiful rendition
Of the limitless you project
So gracefully
As we step courageously
Ever vigilant in this grand expedition
Happy Birthday Lovely Melita!
EnlightSavers
You were born in love
Our tiny bodies eat and sleep with love
Our caregivers tend with love
It is our responsibility as we progress to extend that love, no matter how complicated or hidden it may be, to our next encounter
And us waking up to that sacred duty is the first real step toward enlightenment.
Enlightenment is a wonderful and powerful experience that is most certainly a job. I grew up hearing about enlightenment in a different verbiage
we called it being saved and I always thought that once you were saved your work was done.
I was wrong, it actually meant you were just getting started.
I can’t help but think of the first step in AA, admitting you have a problem, then and only then can the remaining 11 steps be approached.
I have had a complex and transforming relationship with a life alongside pure love and the deliberate relinquishing of my burden, predetermined (karma) and otherwise, and after five hard fought years from step one, I can finally say I have the hang of it and, if need be, I am prepared to die in the comfort of pure love.
I’ll only wake and, ultimately, meet you there
And oh what a lovely encounter that will be.
Tranquility Unites
Empower your eyes to take in the richly decorated skies
filled with the flowers that bloom for the bees, and the powerful trees
that gift us with beautiful vision and profound insights
into the peace and achievement possible when we embrace the stillness
at the center of the ups, downs, and indecision,
dancing around these flashing lights
AHA!
all is ELVO,
it’s just that, sometimes, we get it mixed up
but if our intentions are pure
and proper practices endure
it will all make sense, soon enough
Brother Thay
My suffering is grateful to you and your understanding.
This profound lesson has given me purpose and unearthed the treasure around me.
I’ve held your words so closely to each conversation.
An extraordinary guide, with a lantern, and provisions for the heart of me and my everchanging companion.
The terrain although craggy is rendered passable by the surefootedness of your teachings. Thank you for each selfless, loving step that we were able to take with you.
Thank you for holding my needful hand, fiercely.
Such an inspirational, powerful, and peaceful warrior.
Go unfaltering as you have lived and expound the love waiting for us on the other side with the final unending stroke of your masterpiece.
While we do our part in your ongoing installation that strengthens the waking world in a wave of illumination.
Please light a candle and send prayers of comfort and gratitude to Brother Thay during his transition.
Capacity
these games of seperation
are enemies of the majesty
feeding voraciously,
consuming ferociously
growing exponentially
now more than ever
we need you tremendously
to fight the good fight couragesly
help us end this tragedy
with your philantrophy
recognition of non duality
and inherent spirituality
whilst loving universally
in this emerging reality
Presence of Mind
It tried to leave me,
but can the liver leave its heart behind?
it looked in the mirror,
used its two eyes to see me,
what looked back was a good man,
with a smile so kind
Made peace with it all
and am so happy to be me
embracing the lovely
That is my being combined.
Writing the story thoughtfully
of man and god, intertwined
The Pinnacle of the Three Streams
Sometimes you learn a technique, teaching, or explanation that cannot be trumped. I was on Facebook reading a fellow teachers notes and they reminded me of Swami Jnaneshvara’s succinct cumulative definition of Yoga. Since it is not something that can be intellectualized, this definition is comprised of a few ways to gain a mote of “comprehension” of something that is purely experiential. I have added links to every one of the Sanskrit terms. Learning these relationships is a great asset in the development of a Yoga Meditation practice. Thank you, Swami J, for your compilation. (The full text from which this definition is drawn can be found here)
Traditionally, Yoga (Sanskrit: union) has referred to the realization through direct experience of the preexisting union between the microcosm of individuality and the macrocosm of universality, Atman and Brahman, Jivatman and Paramatman, and Shiva and Shakti, or the realization of Purusha standing alone as separate from Prakriti.
Yoga is the union of the
– Microcosm of individuality and the
– Macrocosm of universality
Yoga is the union of
– Prana vayu (the upward flowing prana) and
– Apana vayu (the downward flowing prana)
Yoga is the union of
– Atman (Center of consciousness, Self; Vedanta) and
– Brahman (Absolute reality; Vedanta)
Yoga is the union of
– Jivatman (Soul as consciousness plus traits; Vedanta) and
– Paramatman: (Self/soul as only consciousness; Vedanta)
Yoga is the union of
– Shiva (Static, latent, unchanging, masculine; Tantra) and
– Shakti (Active, manifesting, changing, feminine; Tantra)
Yoga is the dis-union of
– Purusha (Untainted consciousness; Sankyha-Yoga) and
– Prakriti (Primordial, unmanifest matter; Sankyha-Yoga)
From the Gross to the Subtle 