I Love Spring And Fall...

 

I love Spring and Fall. 

The seasons that seem in-between that seem to be moving, 

perhaps across a threshold. 

Becoming, and Growing as displayed in Spring —

Accepting and Letting Go, 

as mirrored in the golden and red leaves 

that fall to earth (and us!) in Autumn. 

Gifts of nature which can reflect our own nature 

as we reflect upon them. 

These seasons seem to me the most active, 

the most promising.

I’m oh so glad to be back living in a part of the country 

where I can fully experience them once again. 

What gifts will they bring me this year?

~J

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When We Start...

 

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When we start to touch our soul, 

we begin the process of letting go of what is not real in us. 

Yes, now we are dying to our machine. 

And like the leaf, 

we become more unique as we become more real.

~J

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The Ladder of Impressions

 

Melanie Guerra - The Ladder of Impressions

To remember ourselves is to receive life 

without immediately losing ourselves in it. 

Between what arrives and what we do with it, 

there is a sacred space where consciousness 

can enter, and where transformation becomes possible. 

Impression by impression, we build a ladder 

of awareness toward the divine.

~M

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Today I Had A Strange Observation...

 

Today I had a strange observation from Great Nature. 

I have been sitting outside 

making an effort to Be present 

and Observe the beauty of this season. 

And a beautiful yellow golden leaf fell on my lap. 

I made an effort 

to observe it a little more intentionally. 

And then I realized that it is a dying leaf. 

Letting go. 

And how strange that it is so beautiful. 

And the colors it gives to the senses. 

So Rich, so Objective in its beauty. 

It seems like a lesson, perhaps, 

for me to learn about death of the physical existence, 

not sure, but it was a shock to digest more. 

A lesson Great Nature is trying to convey perhaps.

~S

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I Was Once...

John Melhuish Strudwick

R: I was once told that Mervyn 

was determined to stay present 

when he was a struggling Man No. 4 . 

Desire or determination is intentional, 

not mechanical.

Mervyn talks about desire. 

We aren’t awake 

because we don’t desire it enough.

How can we get more desire - 

more Eros?

C: I’m reminded of making one’s environment 

conducive to self-remembering 

with beauty and music; 

the I of intentionally taking in the beauty

of art, people, etc., to build desire.

~From Illuminations

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