Saturday, August 23, 2008

the essence

People travel to escape
to explore
to expand.
economies grow
communities change
money flows
exchanges from hand to hand
the world connects here
and i see...
we are all of the same essence.

----Molly

Ancient words

"If I could make prophecies
and knew every secret
and had true realization
and full belief
So that i could move mountains,
but missed out on love...
I would be nothing.
And if i gave all my belongings
to the poor
and had my body burned up,
but missed out on love
there would be no use for me.
----Corinthian 13, 2 und 3

free to feel what it is

my heart softens
i feel the earth completely
each pulsation in harmony with the natural rhythm.
Love grounds my heart, body, mind.
allowing blood to move into the brain
circulating
integrating
evolving.
Last night words came from the depths of my heart.
thoughts i have not allowed myslef to manifest for a long time.
thoughts that i have not allowed myself to ever truly feel.
out of fear of heart ache.
Last night my heart spoke clearly.
I am in love.
In love.
These sensations so profound.
this situation so complicated.
But---somehow i find myself calm.
really living in the present moment and recognizing
life as it is right now. letting go of all preconcieved notions of what love is
supposed to be.
FREE now to truly feel what it IS!
To be as I AM.
To be the architect of myself.
---Molly

rise

How you rise
is how your eyes
and mind
meet the day.

So, take your time, make life your practice
so bliss is felt in each and every moment.

----Molly

the mind

Recognize and honor the expansiveness of the mind.

The dalai lama speaks

his presence alone, endearing.
his smile softening, even the most disturbed mind.
his speech enlightening--understanding beyond languages.
The translation was difficult to understand, but it nourished me like the mountain spring water--cooling and calming the mind.
Intellectually explaining this ancent Buddhist wisdom is important, but you must be careful to not get lost in translation, lost in anylization, lost in thought, or trying to understand.
For, you must practice the technique. This wisdom is truly experiential.
The message penetrated deep within me:
once again..."OUr suffering comes from our attachment to lifes pleasures, to these sensations. So, practice mediation to understand how detach from such sensations, and you will be free to experience life as it is, in all of your power and lifes power.
------Molly

The

The clouds bow down

as his holiness the Dalai Lama arrives, returns to Mcleod Ganj.
The sun's warm rays feel like his message of compassion.
Such rays of clarity illuminate the mountain side, the peaks, the green valleys below.
Today the Dalai lama will begin a teaching here at his home away from home.
After weeks of rain, the elements respond to such positive energy, and shine light onto the people, as to open and prepare their minds for such a sacred teaching.
---Molly

seen you before

"I have seen you before..."
"OH yes many times before."
softening smiles release the inquisitive eye
with the exchange of words.
know you know.
now you know.
now in now.
----Molly

awaken to presence

08-04-08
"Once we realize that the
nature of our existence is beyond thought and emotions,
that it is incredibly vast and interconnected
with all other beings,
then the sense of isolation, seperation, fear, and hopes fall away."---Tenzin Palmo(English woman whom became a tibetan buddhist nun)
AH, yes.
what a relief. to read these words, as if my own heart was reciting them loud and clear.
This mystic, simple truth.
this light feeling.
I can now float without the heaviness of the ego.
-----Molly

settling the wings

08-01-08
A new chapter begins.
abby flows southward, down the mountain, through the city, across the ocean, and back into the heartland of the rocky mountains.
I steady my flow.
I settle my wings.
I let my roots sink, as to nourish, reflect, and grow.
Here in Mcleod Ganj.
where the tibetan community in exile resides.
awaiting the day, they can return home.
as i make this my home.
I listen to a innate need to stay here,
to learn and practice yoga and the ancient science of ayurveda.
life science.
further this artform of living.
ah, the art of living!
a perfect medium.
a medium that's color spectrum comes from LOVE.
And this too, grounds me here.
this potential of love.
so i settle these wings,
to stay and explore love.
and learn to make life the practice.

-----Molly