Poetic Peace Pilgrimage – Year 10 – Day 224 – 7/28/2023

Thus shall ye think of this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud; A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
~Diamond Sutra~

a day of returning home a day of rest which just what “the doctor” ordered and more importantly, what the soul ordered… a day of turbulence just what the doctor ordered and more importantly, what the soul ordered? really? i have to ride wild waves filled with stinging jellyfish? yes, this too, this experience calling me deeper and deeper into the breath, into empty presence, the spaciousness of openheartedness… like the ocean, all is moving and transforming from wave to wave, breath to breath… like the moon, we cycle again and again through phases, always changing from moment to moment…

diving deeper and deeper into the wondering, we enter the stillpoint trusting the center will hold even in a world that presently so belies that trust…. so very critical to breathe into the center and surrender to great mother who cradles us like a newborn while we rock gently back and forth feeling the support of the ocean of love, home to grandmother who loves us so…

ah, i’m smiling at and with this world that is always turning, this world where the constant is change, always love remains… love is all there is…

aho!