waves greeting this land

may my practice

be like the waves greeting this land.

slowly eroding

the sediment in my mind.

confront me

shock me

scare me

shake me up.

remind me

who i reallv am...

~

a piece from my book of writings lately. i like this one. what is life but a wildly beautiful journey of healing - and all that healing entails. some days i am eager and open to seek what rests within the depths of myself. some days i watch my mind do everything it can to distract me from simply just being. in this state, i notice what my mind wants and the ideas it clings to, isn't true for my body. perhaps i've finished a beautiful meal, my body feels satisfied, nourished and content, then creeps in the mind, why don't you just have a little bit more food or go and have something sweet. noticing that my body doesn't actually want this sweet addiction. Sometimes giving in to that bossy voice of the mind only to over do it and cause suffering. how often does the mind rule us, keeping us 'safe' in our comfort zone in so many parts of our lives, punish us or prevent us from truly living, i like the notion that to truly be successful is to rise above the mind into conscious presence. to be detached from your mind and the world (in the sense that Buddhist's, Taoist's, and Hindus often talk about detachment), does not mean to be non-participative. by that i don't mean you go through life mechanically and have your thoughts else where. I mean a complete participation, but still detached ….. to have it, to have life, a full human body experience, to have all its pleasures and sufferings, but with full awareness, you must at the same time let go of it.

~

tea and surf session at a magical beach called Sandy's 14.2.2022