Category: Contemplative life
Chill air and hibiscus flowers
It’s early morning. The full moon beginning to wane. Peak summer energy dropping away. I love this garden, this little patch of paradise, with splashes of leftover flowers, pink, yellow, orange and white dapple the green foliage.I hear the wind and see it pushing through the high treesbut here on this sheltered terrace it barely Read more about Chill air and hibiscus flowers[…]
Garden notes
The site of old dreams re emerges With a beautiful view and a wood pigeon Two flowers serve as reminders One yellow as the sun with a dark heart The other white as the moon with a bright sunny heart The wolf in me picks up the scent Tracing it forward through the Fens to Read more about Garden notes[…]
The Elements
Earth warm dark with space and air and moisture Water flowing moving sparkly and tinkly Fire (or light) Dancing magic raging wild passion outbreath kindle glowing embers breathing life into Air Jesus dying on the cross and the out breath holy spirit Ether space emptiness
Serendipity
Be good, do good, feel good and let / trust that everything else take care of itself. Seren-ity / Seren-dipity / Serene – clear, calm, unruffled The Three Princes of Serendip is the English version of the story Peregrinaggio di tre giovani figliuoli del re di Serendippo published by Michele Tramezzino in Venice in 1557. Tramezzino claimed to Read more about Serendipity[…]
Kabir
There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun.A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it.As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero.When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of Read more about Kabir[…]
Frozen Rain and Seagulls
Bare Shivering stems in pale wintry shadows
The third wintry weekend
But now the birds are singing at 3am. life is stirring above and below ground,roots are starting to tingle. They are laying the foundations That will provide the stability.