Refractions Of You

How do I write of the blue of You
The scent of You
The sense of You

How do I do anything at all
In the thrall of You

The space expands
'Til nothing fills the void
Of my former self
And all that's left
Is You.

Others come and go
Busy in the suffering of time and space
And man made agendas
These do not exist for me
With my eye of eyes
Fixed on You.
So all I do is BE
In the drunken clarity
Of outrageous bliss and happiness
The world is both dull and shiny
Refractions of You.

I Am As I Am

There is no net to catch me
I am the net

There is no one to turn to
I am the One

There is no where to go to
And no way to go
I am the path
And the destination

There is no future to hope for
I am the future
I create it
In the now.

Where will I be in five years?
What will I do?
To answer these questions
I look to the Now
All answers lie within it.

I am as I AM.

Diamond in the Lotus

The world lies around us
The Universe lies within us
As a diamond in the lotus of the crown.

Today I Choose

Every day
I build myself up
Or I knock myself down
In each moment
I make peace
Or I make war
In the Kingdom of my own Self.
As ruler of this kingdom I am free to choose.

Today I choose....

Names and Forms

Some say you are Sophia
I may say you are Kali
But either way I know
The name is just misleading
Giving form where none belongs

How can we name the nameless
How can we squeeze you into something
Tight and beautiful or flowing and strong
Or fierce and benevolent

You are so that
Yet so far above and beyond all that
We try to hold the Infinite in a teddy bear
To comfort our limited minds
In imprisoning You we do the same to ourselves.

Just....this

Stillness
Suspended between this and this
A silent isness
Just....

Heart stops
Breath ceases
Eyes stare open and ungazing
Speaking stills from no mind
(Stillness speaks from no mind)

Only this...is

A zone between
A gap in the matrix
Time out of time
Where all and nothing and all
Co-exist as One.

For D

You've grown
You've grown and opened like a flower
You've let go the shell of protection
That kept others out and you locked in.

You've grown and magnified your magnificence
Now you shine for others
Now you glow from within, and you've softened too
Moved rooms in the mansion of the body
From head to heart
I could live quite happily with you, there.

I can see you now. You're clear.
No longer hiding behind the curtains of the mind
No longer bombarding the world with the smoke screen of your frustrations
(Well almost!)
You've laid out the welcome mat of acceptance for what is
Whatever shows up is drawn inside.
With each wandering guest embraced and transcended
You radiate more
Your being and becoming are meeting in the middle
Making you whole.

You've faced your fears like a warrior
Exchanged knowledge for wisdom
Exchanged judgment for compassion
Exchanged rushing for presence
Exchanged reaction for choice
Exchanged the surface for the essence
You've grown and I've never respected you more.

Shifts

Is it you, is it me?
The tectonic plates seem to have shifted beneath our feet
Nothing is the same, nothing is familiar
A strange and better land is taking shape around us
Taking shape within us
Seismic activity without eruptions
Except on subtle planes
The wind plays different melodies
The rhythm changes beat
And life will never be the same again.
Thank God for that.

Why?

Why does sunshine make us happy
Why does the ocean make us new
Why does the breeze bring thoughts of freedom
Why does freedom elevate the soul

Why do mountains call us higher
Why do rivers call us to flow
Why do trees inspire dancing
Why do birds make us want to soar

Why does soaring call to spirit
Why does dance inspire joy
Why does flowing seem so natural
Why does high seem better than low

What is hidden deep within us
What drives us that we don't know
What makes us keep on going
When going stops the flow

Why is stillness so enticing
Why is ecstasy so rare
When it's as natural as breathing
Why does breathing release all care

How have we lasted this long
When we haven't got a clue
What basic lessons life is teaching
Why do we make so much to do

Why do we keep on doing
When we've got to leave it all behind
Why do we always seem surprised
When somebody actually dies

Why does dying call for sadness
What is it that we lose
We view life as full of suffering
Forgetting that we choose.

We do the same things over and over
We just don't seem to learn
Evolution moves so slowly
The ego's so hard to burn.

What If Nothing Mattered?

What if nothing mattered?
What would you do now?
If it didn't matter that it didn't matter
What would you do now?

Freedom in an instant
Designer of your fate
God of your life
No jury required

Fearless, peerless
River of joy
Flooding the plains of misery
Washing the pains of the past

Fresh air for the convict
Sun on the face
Dirty laundry washed clean
And dancing in the breeze

What if nothing mattered?
What if all there was, was now?
Fresh as a dew drop
Fragrant as a blossom
Floating as a feather in the air

What if nothing mattered
And all you had was now?

On Clutter

Clutter drives me crazy
The profusion of things drives me deeper into the insanity
Of so called civilized so called life

An unexamined kind of crazy
Until now.
Now I get it.

Clutter is the past and the future
Encroaching on the now
The beautiful, peerless, pristine now.
Precious presence in three letters
The holy trinity of the alphabet

Now is not to be dragged about
In the muck of the past.
Now is not to be passed over
For fear of a fictional future.

Now is to be exalted and revered
Experienced and embodied
The most powerful point within and without
The only point
The point of freedom
To miss now is to miss the point
Now is the matrix
Now I get it.

Clutter has no power over me now.
I relinquish all attachment by releasing history and story.
I draw it near and focus my awareness.
I don't need you any longer.
Be someone else's.
It's nothing personal.
I'm just peacefully engaged with
The all fulfilling Now.

Now

This is it
Simple
Uncluttered
Infinite
All-encompassing
All-consuming

Never
Other than
Wow

Now.

Things I Learned Along The Way

I am not made for greatness in men's eyes
Many have attained greatness only to lose it to disgrace

I am not made for fame in men's eyes
Hard earned fame today is tomorrow's has-been

I am not made for inventing new concepts or things
The new becomes the obsolete with the passage of time

All that is formed is temporary until it is destroyed
All that is acquired must be left behind

I am here only to live and experience living
For Life is Divine
And Life cannot be ended

I am here only to love and experience loving
For Love is the Creative Power of Life
And Love is eternal.

I am here only to Be and experience Being
For Being is the vastness from which all Becoming springs forth
And Being is All That Is.

What More Can I Say?

What more can I say to relay the embrace of You
I wear my pearls on the inside
Where only the blind can see

What more can I say to relay the existence of You
I breathe Your name on the outside
Where only the deaf can hear

What more can I say to relay the experience of You
I radiate Your Light all around
Where only the meek can ignite
From its glow.

Just Like That

Oh Beauty
I am singing in your Light
I am dancing on the inside
I am loving in the now

Oh Love
The affair continues
The bliss expands
The freedom breaks its bonds


Oh Lovely One
I let go of striving
Of scaling obstacles to reach You
Of carrying others on my journey
I dropped it all
And found You.

Just Like That.