Wisdom

Wisdom is learned from every culture and every discipline:

"Heaven is like an egg, and the Earth is the yoke."
Chang Heng, Chinese scientist.

Perfect.

In the Moment

I cannot help but wonder about the meaning of Life.
At first, it might appear to be nothing but strife.
Cuts and bruises to body and soul
Are part and parcel of this journey's toll.

But if Life has meaning,
It's in the doing,
In the everyday decisions
and mental brewing
Which fuel the dreams
Which mold the Moment.

This is what it's all about, Alfie.

Are they kidding?!?

Hershey "Air Delights"?? Who are they kidding??!! More air, less chocolate -- same price -- pu-leez!!
It's a cool, windy November day. Three days out of surgery, I still can't tell if it has done the trick. I think it has helped. Time will tell. Life is a crap-shoot. Depending on the structure of your DNA, which controls your chemical makeup, body features, blood type, etc., we could experience a variety of debilitating breakdowns as we grow older. Such fun! Such mystery! Life is full of surprises! Yet, in all, Life is still a wonderful, delightful, amazing experience. Every moment is a pearl, and when we live in the pearl, all we can do is dance. TYG.

Look! I Am a Whale!

Here is a poem by Hafiz, a Persian poet whose prose can only lift your spirit and inflame your heart!


Look! I Am a Whale!


We live on the Sun's playground.
Here, everyone gets what they want.

Sometimes the body of a beautiful woman,
Sometimes the body of a beautiful man,
Sometimes the body of both in one.

We used to play that kind of tag
In the animal world, too.
Now a mouse, now a tiger,
Look! I am a whale -- I got tired of the land,
Went back to the ocean for a while.

What power is it in our sinew and mind
That will not die,
That keeps us shopping for the perfect dress?

We have all heard the Flute Player
And keep dancing toward Him.

Hafiz, you have seen the Flute Player
and cannot help but whirl.

Time Is On Your Side

What's the rush?  Why do you need to stress yourself over a few minutes?  Time is relative. When growing up, I always wanted time to go faster; time was just too slow for me. I wanted to grow up; I wanted to be of age to drive; I wanted to be of age to drink. We stress ourselves over those seemingly slow years. Then time seems to pick up speed, and the older I get, the more time speeds up!  My high school 12th grade English teacher told us two weeks before graduation: You may think that these next two weeks are an eternity, but enjoy them, stay in the moment, because as you get older, time slips through your fingers as find sand, and you cannot rewind to catch what you missed.

The spiritual teachers of every culture advise us to live in the moment, in the present, in the mind of God, in the heart of the Eternal, in the Now, in the Sacred Presence. It's easy to forget! Especially in our day and age. We fill our days with so much activity, that we often do not even pay attention to what we are doing. And then we complicate the daily experience by transposing, overlapping experiences. I'm watching TV AND reading a book. I'm on the computer AND listening to the radio. I am studying AND listening to music. Hardly the wise thing to do. One thing at a time. Keep it simple. Enjoy what you are doing, what you are thinking, seeing, hearing - then move on to the next experience. We cannot know God in the moment, if we cover the Sacred with multi-dimensional experiences. The voice of God gets muffled in the confusion, and we lose touch with reality, which is right in front of us.

Do yourself a favor, and take the time to simplify your life. Take the time to just sit and think God. Be still, and let God untie the knots.

One instant is eternity;

Eternity is in the now.

When you see through this one instant,

You see through the One who sees.

                                                          -Wu-men

More about Wu-men -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Men