The Greatest Part of Our Happiness

My current focus is to refrain 

from using the word "or" in an effort to

undo my strong bias toward dualistic thinking.

So I changed Martha's "or's" to [and].

If you haven't, I encourage you to read

about the recent happenings in South Korea.

I find them inspiring.

We're all aware of how our thinking

affects our bodies and the tenor of our lives.

My strong temptation is to completely banish

those parts of myself that trouble me.

Yet, banishing parts of myself is not possible.

 They do not depart. They remain;

 even when hidden, buried and denied.

They remain and they break through the barriers.

This is where things get exciting.

The goal, I believe, is acceptance and forgiveness.

I can't tell you how strongly I cringe

when I think about the parts of our world

I want to banish forever with every fiber of my being.

I'm not sure I can reconcile treating the outside world

with all the cruelty and injustice

as if it were an unwanted part of myself.

So, for now, I'm placing my lens of attention

on my unsavory parts and doing whatever I can

to accept, to understand, to forgive

and ultimately to integrate them

with love into my inner cast of characters.

Namaste'

PS:  I had no idea Martha Washington's words

about seeds would take me where this lead me!

 

At A Better Time

At A Better Time

Enter the voice of paradox.

First of all, we have not lost everything.

Although it sure can feel like we're losing much.

The longer I'm here, the more I wonder if anything is ever absolute?

Death is the only thing that comes to mind and

since none of us has experienced it even that is a question mark. 

What if all those who have died

are in an alternate universe partying by

doing whatever they love most?

We're finding our way...each of us...

with our own particular flavor...

through pain and sorrow;

intricately entwined with joy,

growth and celebration.

Namaste'

 

A Seed

We can forget that darkness

is as important as the light.

This serves to remind us.

Namaste'

 

It Is The Sense

It Is The Sense 

I had something else selected for today

until I read the news from South Korea.

May we all take note we are 

"not yet beaten into submission or oblivion

by those who kill everything they touch with money."

May we all find our way to keep speaking out and showing up

for the things that matter.

Things that don't go on sale.

Things that can't be purchased with any amount of money.

These are what we are working for.

A  Liveable Earth and Equality.

Onward!

Namaste'

 

Remember

We are such multi-faceted and multi-layered beings.

It's comforting to be reminded of the basic elements

we are made of.

They may be basic but they are not minor.

Our "basic" framework is a magnificence.

Namaste'

 

The Saddest Thing

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There is such beauty here.  

I want to send it to every young person out there.

And every growing person as well, no matter the age.

"I am certain the saddest thing is stuffing the stuff

that makes you most you."

Pull out any stuffing you might have stuffed...

give it some air, some light, some music,

even from there in the darkest corners.

And this....this.... this....

"The saddest thing is leaving, leaving the mud,

the soil, the seeds, the sea of of what's here--

leaving your own skin, your own certainty."

This is an amulet for around your neck...

a tattoo on the back of your writing hand,

an engraving on your beating heart.

Make it a screen saver...embroider your pillow 

or a throw across your bed,

on your coffee or tea cup, 

your water glass, your wine glass...

you get the point.

Cherish "the mud, the soil, the seeds,

the sea of what's here."

Namaste'

 

How Can We Not?

This is so thick and sweet and fierce with the truth.

It's such a tender testimony to our tiny blue dot of a planet

in this vast and magnificent universe.

"How can we not try to save it?"

"with world with its hopelessness and,

or dare to say it, its hope."

Namaste'