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No Words
the morning sun breaks through clouds shining on the tree bringing to life the tree leaves bright in the sun some more in shadow the clarity so pronounced i am amazed . i seek a word the perfect word an endless quest when there is no word no way to conceive let alone capture in…
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Blessing of the Morning
It’s a misty rainy morning with expectation of rain showers today, and I just love days like this. I’ve been sitting with Mika and my tea, watching the cars drive by outside in the misty rain, the tires spinning a plume of water into the air from the wet road. And then I thought, those aren’t…
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Rainy Times
I have been going through a challenging time for a while. I’m not clear what all is at the heart of it, but I know that it relates to balance, equanimity, and how I walk my path. Going through challenging times is part of our life’s journey. It is not easy. And it entails struggle, energy, and many…
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Equanimity
I went through such a tough period of time when the two big evergreen trees right outside my window were cut down a year ago. Sorrow, pain, difficulty accepting the loss. I loved those trees, and I often meditated while looking at them outside my window. Their life and their presence was beautiful to me. They had such a…
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This Morning
i woke up i stretched my body i opened the blinds and said my morning gatha as i gazed at the new day i cleaned up i made tea i fed my kitty i cleaned up my home i sat down with tea i stilled my mind and made space for what the flow would…
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Space for Peace
Great Zen teachers have often talked about emptiness. They have described it as a desired state, one that a wise person would seek. I used to think about emptiness, and doing that would bring up impressions of nothingness, a void, something kind of bleak. But recently I’ve come to understand emptiness in a very different way. i’ve…
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The Beauty of the Wind
It’s a beautiful day today. Some blue sky with a lot of big white clouds, sunshine and some wind, but it’s warmer than it has been lately. I was sitting with my tea, enjoying my morning quiet time, and I was watching the wind blow through the trees outside my window. I watched one of the…
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Chop Wood, Carry Water
I seem to have been in a place lately that has been filled with thoughts and feelings about doing. Apart from just being, or thinking, or feeling – doing. Doing tasks, doing work, doing things, doing stuff. This thinking, I am seeing, has always been focused on an outcome. An outcome of “getting it done”. I have been defining…
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Let Go
I had a peaceful sleep last night and when I woke up, I did my usual morning things – made my bed, fed the kitty, brewed some tea. As I moved through my morning routine, I noticed that I was carrying some niggling, unsettled feelings. Nothing big and overall distressing, but feelings that were noticeably…
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Gratitude
I’ve written about this before. But I was thinking about it and writing about it again this morning, and I felt the need to publish what I wrote. I think it’s something that all of us probably can’t think about enough. This morning as I was making my tea, I thought “what is gratitude?” And…
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