There’s a part of every living thing

that wants to become itself.

The tadpole into the frog,

the chrysalis into the butterfly,

a damaged human being into a whole one.

That is spirituality.

…..Ellen Bass

to let go into the void of pure experience invites us to encounter ourselves….how might that deep ache feel like after a long rain? and then where do we surround ourselves in that rainy light on the windowpane? can we listen deeply enough? what can we say without words?

The inward reality of non-attachment is insight. In the clear open space of a non-attached mind, reality can be perceived. The self can be known. Whenever we find ourselves attached to an idea we have about ourselves or a situation, we are in opposition to self-study. The efforts we make to uphold a certain self-image actually block our insight and thwart our growth. Anxious to uphold our self-image, to acquire an outcome, we cannot wait until our mud settles and the water is clear. Fearful of a negative outcome, we are unable to remain still till right action arises by itself. Self-study represents a profound paradigm shift. It is the moment in our journey when we let go of results and wholeheartedly embrace the process. Once we shift our focus from the results to the process itself, all situations become opportunities. We are present and can welcome all things…..Rolf Gates

these are kissing Sundays…..

When the energy simply flows through us, just as it flows through the grass and the trees and the ravens and the bears and the moose and the ocean and the rocks, we discover that we are not solid at all. If we sit still like the mountain Gampo Lhatse in a hurricane, if we don’t protect ourselves from the trueness and the vividness and the immediacy and the lack of confirmation of simply being part of life, then we are not this separate being who has to have things turn out our way….Pema Chodron