Every moment is wholly a matter of now
Not what you say more a matter of how
Leave your tumultuous past in this sacred vow
Insight is a path leading to unending WOW!!
Going on forever beyond sunset and final bow
Headlong into whatever you choose to allow
This peace a gift you willingly endow
Each step a test don’t let it raise a brow
Nothing can splinter this practiced bough
Moreover is our dedication to this sacred Tao
Enlightenment in “Om” even heard in a cat’s meow
None is above you or rather holier than thou
To this I surrender and commence to kowtow
Tag Archives: Spirituality
Unplugged Snippet
Just a snippet of the guided meditation at “9 am Unplugged” every Sunday at Unity North Atlanta.
We share acoustic music, interactive dialogue, guided meditation, and Love!
We are still producing some more guided practices that will be uploaded to the blog soon!
I am NOT a Yoga Teacher…
I am not a Yoga Teacher… It sounds so ominous, as if I am rejecting my “career” path of the past 20 years! But, it’s quite the opposite; I am affirming my sadhana (spiritual path)–and that’s what matters.
All speech has an intention underneath it– allowing the propagation of a misnomer, for the sake of simplification, is egregious to a seeker.
I am not a Yoga Teacher–really there is no such thing. Among many definitions: Yoga is the transcendental state of consciousness; Yoga is the union of the microcosm and the macrocosm– how can one embodied being teach that???
Yes, there are Realized Masters who benevolently impart their wisdom. They have Realized their True Nature and they are guides– but, the aspirant must still walk the path.
In fact, the Yoga Sutras explain that there are three ways to obtain knowledge. Intuition, Experience, and a Qualified Teacher. But, the highest knowledge, truth, is the convergence of all three.
The aforementioned Masters are desireless– but, they share these teachings with the understanding that we are all one and it is the right and privilege of all to Self-Realize.
There is no “Teacher’s Training” that can offer this– because it requires direct experience. That is the part that seems to be ignored by the conventional.
At this junction I am a Sadhaka, not a Yogi (they have attained Yoga), I hope to Realize this state. But, until then I am a coach, a guide, and an aspirant.
The Way Aum
Step carefully
in the way
we’ve been so
graciously shown
Feel your feet
mindfully on
each of these
well placed stones
This simple path
laid out masterfully
Will certainly
lead you home
Earth Mover
Greet love with each heart beat
Gush love even in heart break
Let the love you make
sweep the world off its feet
The fate of it all is at stake
Yoga is for the sake of Yoga
Greetings Dear Ones,
To my readers who are aspirants, this is a lovely quote from Swami J:
“In the systematic process of meditation, you gradually move your attention inward, through all the levels of your being, gaining mastery along the way. Eventually you come to rest in your true nature, which is beyond all of those levels. This action and the realization of this center of consciousness, is the meaning of Yoga”.
The goal of Yoga is Yoga.
Temple of Efflorescence
I was
but tiny fury, each moment before.
Aimless energy
moving small, making little sound.
Still, strong enough to shake me awake!
Chain reaction
mingled with law of attraction
drawing on tempered intention
positively building the perfect munition.
Now, a nuclear
BOOM!
Breaking, shaking the ground.
Energy profound
from the well of stillness,
it blooms from a lovely calm.
Be humbled, bear witness,
bow to the sweet devastation
alive in the detonation of
our beloved bomb.
Beauty
Your gift to me
I accept it freely
Let it become
all that I am
and will be
Those sweet souls
that don’t yet see
what I see?
We’ll just have
to agree to disagree
Until the day
that I am you
and you are me
When we become
all we can be
and LOVELINESS
is the only
viable currency
in this party
of symmetry
Happy and free
in the infallibility
of consummate unity
Speculum
Hold it all so close,
So you couldn’t see it any clearer.
No us or them, these or those
Just your beautiful face in a mirror.
Lavish Zenith
Next time
your eyes meet
with someone else’s
lose yourself
in the realization
that every choice
every heart beat
every breath
you, them, and all
of your ancestors
combined have been
leading up to
this sacred moment.
The unspeakable effort
of progression is easily
taken for granted
the endless treasure
it provides is always
within your reach
it is only limited
by what your
heart and hands
choose to hold
From the Gross to the Subtle 