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Tautologies Around Town
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Fissures
I hardly glance twice at the squares of sidewalk that are unmarked. But those that have fissured attract my eye–the beauty of the patterns and to the potential need to step more carefully.
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Light of the Storm Remnants
The rain did much to brighten things here, given the prolonged dryness this fall and winter. It is hard to believe the massive flooding potential just hardly more than a hundred miles north.
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Found Exhortation
One of the most profound and essential teachings of the great yogis is to “watch the gap.” We are given the practice of watching the gap, the space, the pause, the turning point between the in breath and the out breath, the out breath and the in breath. In the gap, we are able to witness perfect fullness (purna) and perfect emptiness (sunyata). In minding the gap, we can experience perfect stillness and serenity. It is an extraordinary practice in its simplicity and in its gift of peace and repose.
Whether you have never heard of this practice, learned it at some point but have mostly forgotten about it, or just did it with your own practice, I invite you to take a few minutes on reading this: make your seat steady and as comfortable as possible, close your eyes, invite an intention of finding a still spaciousness in your heart. Draw your attention to the breath and start to notice the space (maybe almost instantaneous and unobservable, maybe a real pause) between the in and out breaths.
If you are moved, comment on your experience to share with each other. There is no one right reaction nor a wrong one. If it was challenging to sit still and focus, just be gentle and soften to how enjoyable it can be to do nothing other than watch the breath, like the sweet and easy restfulness of watching the movement of waves at the beach.
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Signs Around Town
Where the individual tragedy leads us toward the universal desire for love.
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Construction
Humans are extraordinary beings–the outrageous array of things they make and do.
Love this! Love the idea that some voice felt the need to speak this phrase and to draw attention to this particular truth in playful, almost flippant, way. Add to that your having noticed, photographed, posted and blogged and it ends up as the second thing a particular reader sees on their tablet in the morning, right after having checked the weather report. It is going to be a great day!
(The weather report made it likely to be a very good day, but I’ll add some attitude and make it great)