sharpen tools for your heart and mind
Fog descends on the ground, the heron drops out of the sky, gliding under the cedar, onto the thin, flowing creek, then out of sight.
I sit each morning repeating the same prayers, resting my mind, contemplating the teachings. For me it is a slow process of discovery; to recognize the nature of my mind.
Beyond, beyond… peeling back my conditioned response. A meditation that drops – to cut through the watcher and the watched.
Simple recognition.
In the moment of greeting, the moment of offering, the moment of recognizing you, I have looked away and followed a thought.
Only later did I realize, remember and recognize my error.
Every moment is an opportunity to see you, my teacher, my nature. Dropping, allowing this moment to see you; that is the blessing.
L – listen with your heart
O – overcome fear
V – vote
E – encourage others
Demons are created and destroyed through the power of your attention.
Breathing in I recognize and take the suffering of others.
Breathing out I recognize and offer happiness to others.
Breathing in I recognize the ignorance of others, their error of perception; that they are a single self.
Breathing out I recognize their happiness as interconnected with all and everyone.
Recognize the nature of your mind. Where do your thoughts come from, where do they reside, where do they go.
Easy to see the rapid movement of thoughts- from task to feeling to desire to discomfort to admiration to disdain. Adventitious is the mind, on an inner adventure it is.
Be persistent in your recognition of this adventurous mind. Watch the coming and going stream of thoughts and emotions. Aware of the flow, aware of the flow, aware of the flow. This is a powerful practice.
Knowing this you can know the suffering and happiness of all. Seed of your compassion and love.
