Make a list of all
The different ways
You can uplevel
Your life.
Actively live three
Of the ones
You are most
Passionate about.
LAUGH!
Just do it!
No special circumstances are necessary…
Become the Laugh…
Let the Laugh
Laugh you!
And whatever you do,
Don’t notice how terrific you feel!
Dedicated to Trish on her 91st bday.
It’s time to stop waiting…
It’s time to stop waiting
For it to be over.
Life goes on,
Albeit differently now.
It’s been a year.
And in spite of it all…
Do it anyway.
Do that which you said you would
But haven’t…
Yet.
This is no time
To squander your life.
Around the bend…
What is around the bend?
Imagine you know…
What would it look like?
How would you be living?
What would it be like to be you…
Living around that bend?
The Practice of Right Action
Engage life’s meaning through contribution,
Altruism, deep listening
Generosity, concentration
Love, understanding.
The Practice of Right Action
Is balancing the feminine and the masculine
While standing upright with what is.
Following the aliveness within…
Creates a sense of urgency
To live life fully.
Nothing more to add except…
“Remember to do it!”
Pueblo Bonito Moon
Looking up with barefeet planted,
Pueblo Bonito Moon is
Both behind and in front of
Moving clouds.
Almost witnessing the Chacoans
Almost hearing the chantings
Almost smelling the fires
Almost,
But not quite.
I come back inside
And meditate.
Meditation Snacks
Train yourself
Throughout the day to
Activate short
Meditation Snacks.
For instance:
At the top of the hour
Pause and listen
For 30 seconds.
Or
Prior to each meal
Honor the beings
Who grew and made
Your food
Possible.
Or
Twice a day
For five minutes
Do kinhin outside
No matter what the weather.
Or
At Sunrise and Sunset
Purposely bow
In the four directions
To every single thing.
Meditation Snacks nourish us.
Make them simple
To be digested easily.
Utilizing Zen Mind
Embrace the struggle without question.
Watch how accepting what is
Dissolves the rough edges
Creating more spaciousness Â
For the antidotes to arrive.
Read the above a few times letting the energies of the words seep into your soma.
The beauty of stillness in the high desert
It wasn’t that she was looking for it,
But when it emerged in the middle of the arroyo
Circled by coyote, bobcat and antelope footprints
She opened to the symbolism
And was thankful for the unknown creator.
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