Stillness in Movement
The stillness
in stillness
is not
the real stillness
Only when
there is stillness
in movement
can the spiritual rhythm appear
which pervades
heaven and earth.
-TS’AL-KEN T’AN
The stillness
in stillness
is not
the real stillness
Only when
there is stillness
in movement
can the spiritual rhythm appear
which pervades
heaven and earth.
-TS’AL-KEN T’AN
I was just chatting with my friend, Mike, who ROCKS! He made yet another CD for me of my favorite songs. The last one has laser burns from being over played. I’m a sucker for a good groove which is why I highly recommend the song, “At Night” by Shakedown. Check it out. I think…
One Song by Rumi Every war and every conflict between human beings has happened because of some disagreement about names. It is such an unnecessary foolishness, because just beyond the arguing there is a long table of companionship set and waiting for us to sit down. What is praised is one, so the praise is…
Photo by John McCormick Random thoughts on how to have an unguarded heart even in the midst of pain. These are things I’m telling myself these days. Some of them are redundant but worth repeating. Stay open-hearted. Don’t strike back. Just breathe and flow and choose Love. Keep the door open for grace to pour…
Life is complicated, isn’t it? Recently, I was working at the front desk at work, a co-working space in Seattle. An elderly lady was sitting in stillness for almost two hours in the sunlight, her veined hands endlessly turning a brochure over and over. A half hour before closing, I decided to check on her….
LIVE letting go washing myself of the past allowing myself to be loved by the people who are really here in the present tense DREAM allowing myself to dream again and possibly understanding what love truly means for the first time in my life LOVE loving myself turning my compassion and benevolence to myself finally
“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.” -Heraclitus I am reading a book called Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life by Dr. Mark Epstein. In it, he recounts a story of playing with his son and one of his stuffies right after the 9/11 tragedy….