Posts from — September 2009

so you feel trapped by time…

there is not enough

you are running out of time

or

there is all the time in the world

or time waits for no man (or woman)

time is a mental construct

so that the everyday mind

can make sense of the bigness

and smallness of things

time gives dimensions

to the world in which you live

however,

time is what you make,

it

like,

life an opinion…

of how illusion is best understood

and made comfortable for a few

fleeting years

time is what you make it

time begins and ends

now

where

are the thoughts

that you thought were you

the beliefs and causes

the promises and strident values?

where…?

were they there?

or were they there made from fear?

when grace is found

within the pockets of your life

stop and know

that grace found you

it comes to you uninvited

a gentle cast of chance

for grace is but

the universe’s glance

upon you for a moment

take  the time to be in grace

and grace shall always be in you

transcendent

simple

constant

is there when you need it

which is all your life

welcome

to the world

of your breath

and follow

its cycles

Forgiveness

is

nine tenths

of

the

law

consider how

the clouds float by…

do they do that for you

or for the sky?

Life can be like a small street in a big city

on every side there are cheap cafes

as you walk up the middle

you are assailed by

waiters demanding that you eat

the question is

will you believe that you are hungry because of the calls

or are you hungry and if so where will you stop to eat?

the answer is to eat only that which comes to you without duress or clamour

life can be like a lane full of hawkers all plying their wares

If you search for healing

you will find the nature of your condition

that causes you illness, pain or dissatisfaction

if you search for healing the journey is often long and hard

if you stop, but just for a moment,

to be at rest with whatever may be causing your distress

then healing will come, taking you by the hand

will point to where you must go

to complete the cycle so that your

body mind and life

all become involved

in the healing

you wish

How do you suffer ?

Do you let the pain and challenges of your life define who you are?

Do you believe that you and your sufferings are the same?

Suffering is in the very building blocks of the every day world

it is a linchpin

on which the laws of the universe

find a fulcrum into which to move

yet when you discover that you are

not your suffering

or the events in through which your sufferings took place

then you will discover that

you

are

free from suffering

even though suffering takes place all around you

and by that then you can be

in the world of suffering and partake in all the blessings of this planet

yet offer your wisdom to ease the suffering of others

not every one suffers in the same way

but like love and hope

joy and freedom, suffering is part of our human experience

and each of us must learn

the way to be with all  that it brings

joyfulness

is found

in the quiet

and the simple

the humble and the rough hewn

it delights in its own delight

and casts no shadow but radiates

light

as the sun does

but unlike the sun

lasts beyond and through all time

long after that great star

dies and burns to cold