Outside
Dissolving the boundaries between you and me
Them and us
This and that
Just seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching
Being
Coming to know
Vastness
Month: May 2017
Just Being
Opening to each moment as though it were a loved one
Tenderly
Willing to be touched and moved and changed by the experience
Just being
Without an agenda
Doing what needs to be done as that need is revealed
Not needing anything or anyone to be this way or that
Trusting that it already is and will continue to be just as it should.
Gratitude
Things I am grateful for this morning:
My practice and the people who sit with me in the Virtual Meditation Hall every morning.
The opportunity to give back to my community and deepen my own practice by serving as Meditation Guide, Dorje Kasung, and, hopefully soon, as Course Leader.
The patience, kindness, generosity, and wisdom of my meditation teacher, Nick Kranz.
My dog Shadow who is snoring contentedly at my feet as I type this.
My sweetie who is snoring contentedly downstairs on the couch where he fell asleep last night and the many opportunities to deepen my practice of compassion, patience, loving kindness, generosity, and wisdom as we each walk our paths, together as a couple, and individually as learning, growing, perfectly imperfect human beings.
More work than I know what to do with right now and the abundance that it brings in the form of opportunities to attend programs like Enlightened Society Assembly and help others in a myriad of ways.
The dear Dharma friends with whom I share daily or near daily emails of inspiration and reflection.
Clear skies, cloudy skies, sunrises and sunsets.
Trees, like those pictured above. This is what I see when I turn the corner to walk out of our townhouse complex every morning. It feels like they are waving, waiting to greet me.
The smell and the feel of the crisp spring morning air carrying the songs of cardinals and chickadees.
Cousins who still call me and email me even though the introvert in me is horrible at maintaining contact and accepting invitations.
I could go on and on but the crisp spring morning air is beckoning.
Heart and Now 