Monday, September 7, 2026

When I Feel More Balanced...

 






When I feel more balanced, 

I breathe as though through the centers 

and silently say  “I Am.” 

When I say “I,” 

feel the three centers 

as though something stands up; 

and when I say “Am,” 

I also feel them, 

but as though something sits down. 

When I breathe in, I say “I” 

and represent to myself 

that the active elements of

the air are entering. 

When I breathe out, I say “Am” 

and feel them flow into and fill my body. 

I do not try 

to make anything more of this “I” and “Am,” 

simply say the words to myself. 

With each breath, 

I follow this order for filling: 

right arm, right leg, left leg, left arm, 

abdomen, chest, head 

and then the whole body.

~Jeanne De Saltzman






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Friday, September 4, 2026

At Death...

 

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At death the lighted lamp
of your heart
Will be placed
in the wide center of the sky.
Will it, flickering, go out,
Or in one final act
of all-consuming being
Catching the corners
of the wind
Wake in the ocean of light
Filling a heart
now also without limits.
~John Clarke



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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow






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"In order to know the future
it is necessary first to know the present 
in all its details, as well as to know the past.

Today is what it is because
yesterday was what it was.
And if today is like yesterday, 
tomorrow will be like today. 

If you want tomorrow to be different, 
you must make today different."

G.I. Gurdjieff









































Monday, August 31, 2026

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











Friday, August 28, 2026

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