I return with wisdom.
WE return with grace.
I return with compassion.
WE return with balance.
I return home.
WE return to our breathe.
I return with love.
WE enlighten love.
Today me inverts to we.
The I is only that of illumination, and all is visibly one.
AWAKEN...the choice is yours.
The practice is life beyond the ego.
Unify yourself.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
spaciousness
Our time has come to depart this land of philosophy.
She, the motherland of so many great thinkers, and the attractor of so many seekers.
India a place that is in fact a powerful Guru.
Where you find inner balance or you loose your mind.
A flow like no other, that takes a swift raft with a light ego.
I will not miss her, but the perspective she imprinted on my consciousness has changed me molecularly.
My transpersonal energies have found harmony in this chaos. My ego has lost its strenght, as my inner presence has gained fuel from heightened awareness...
this light shines brighter now.
This is the real work.
To shed light on the dark corners of your egoic mind and to bring real peace from the inside outside.
Each though of conscious awareness is like light ripples revealing the purity of your essence.
Ripple out-out-out and peace will settles in-in-in
This soon turns into the elixir that can heal any ailment.
The Presence grows, and you slow to the rhythm of the beat...
This is the isness of NOW. And when you accept what is, what ever IT IS...IT IS.
and you cannot argue with that...
well of course you CAN argue but that is like volunteering for a life of suffering.
CReate space for this PRESENCE to grow within you.
spaciousness comes with conscious awareness.
She, the motherland of so many great thinkers, and the attractor of so many seekers.
India a place that is in fact a powerful Guru.
Where you find inner balance or you loose your mind.
A flow like no other, that takes a swift raft with a light ego.
I will not miss her, but the perspective she imprinted on my consciousness has changed me molecularly.
My transpersonal energies have found harmony in this chaos. My ego has lost its strenght, as my inner presence has gained fuel from heightened awareness...
this light shines brighter now.
This is the real work.
To shed light on the dark corners of your egoic mind and to bring real peace from the inside outside.
Each though of conscious awareness is like light ripples revealing the purity of your essence.
Ripple out-out-out and peace will settles in-in-in
This soon turns into the elixir that can heal any ailment.
The Presence grows, and you slow to the rhythm of the beat...
This is the isness of NOW. And when you accept what is, what ever IT IS...IT IS.
and you cannot argue with that...
well of course you CAN argue but that is like volunteering for a life of suffering.
CReate space for this PRESENCE to grow within you.
spaciousness comes with conscious awareness.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
What makes you so free?
Static free
anti-cling
de-grasp the self.
let go
recognizing impermanence
like a cool refreshing breeze
on a hot summer day in New Delhi.
embrace what is, and enjoy the breeze.
this moment will pass also.
this moment
these thoughts, any pain or discomfort.
This body will grow and then decay...like everything.
The self IS impermanent.
IT IS empty of inherent existence...like everything.
Point to the self...where is it really?
Did you find it?
Just like the table it is made of many elements.
Compounded elements that continue to change,
and with the right conditions the compounded self will even evolve.
Just like the cool breeze, this awareness of emptiness is true freedom.
For when we understand this we can live without clinging to life, self, others, and things!
This cling state IS ignorant, watch it lead you again and again to suffering.
Again and again to extreme emotions that seem uncontrollable.
Like a dog chasing its own tail...the harder he trys to bite his tail the more he suffers,
but he continues to do it anyway.
Round and round we go when we stop no one knows.
But there are many ones that make up this whole. And many stop to listen.
Their own silence introduces them to their awareness, which stops them from the ignorant circles.
Be aware.
Be bear aware.
Take time to retreat in silence to cultivate inner awareness. For the winter, for a month, for a week, for a day, for an hour, for 10minutes, with a breathe.
The more you practice wise awareness, the easier it is to flow with life.
Let go of the willows and flow down river!
Stop the clinging, and you will finally enjoy that which you so desperately cling to.
Ah the sweet wisdom of the four seals.
Shakyamuni Buddha sealing truth.
this buddhadharma--the awakened path
the way of truth
eyes wide open from the inside--------outside.
Now now, don't turn your shoulder up at this "religion," for it is far more a science.
It is for the truth seeker that resides in each one of us.
Alas, you do not have to run to some confession hall, temple, or shave your head and take on a life of robes, caves, and long silences...
NO!!! We those they call the lay people need to engage ourselves by being fully aware of the reality as it is.
Just remember...
"Fundamentally it is not the act of leaving behind the material world that
Buddhists cherish BUT the ability to see the habitual clinging to this world
and ourselves and to renounce the clinging.
--Dzsongsar Jamyang Khyentse
from the book, What makes you NOT a Buddhist
so be static free and you will finally be free.
anti-cling
de-grasp the self.
let go
recognizing impermanence
like a cool refreshing breeze
on a hot summer day in New Delhi.
embrace what is, and enjoy the breeze.
this moment will pass also.
this moment
these thoughts, any pain or discomfort.
This body will grow and then decay...like everything.
The self IS impermanent.
IT IS empty of inherent existence...like everything.
Point to the self...where is it really?
Did you find it?
Just like the table it is made of many elements.
Compounded elements that continue to change,
and with the right conditions the compounded self will even evolve.
Just like the cool breeze, this awareness of emptiness is true freedom.
For when we understand this we can live without clinging to life, self, others, and things!
This cling state IS ignorant, watch it lead you again and again to suffering.
Again and again to extreme emotions that seem uncontrollable.
Like a dog chasing its own tail...the harder he trys to bite his tail the more he suffers,
but he continues to do it anyway.
Round and round we go when we stop no one knows.
But there are many ones that make up this whole. And many stop to listen.
Their own silence introduces them to their awareness, which stops them from the ignorant circles.
Be aware.
Be bear aware.
Take time to retreat in silence to cultivate inner awareness. For the winter, for a month, for a week, for a day, for an hour, for 10minutes, with a breathe.
The more you practice wise awareness, the easier it is to flow with life.
Let go of the willows and flow down river!
Stop the clinging, and you will finally enjoy that which you so desperately cling to.
Ah the sweet wisdom of the four seals.
Shakyamuni Buddha sealing truth.
this buddhadharma--the awakened path
the way of truth
eyes wide open from the inside--------outside.
Now now, don't turn your shoulder up at this "religion," for it is far more a science.
It is for the truth seeker that resides in each one of us.
Alas, you do not have to run to some confession hall, temple, or shave your head and take on a life of robes, caves, and long silences...
NO!!! We those they call the lay people need to engage ourselves by being fully aware of the reality as it is.
Just remember...
"Fundamentally it is not the act of leaving behind the material world that
Buddhists cherish BUT the ability to see the habitual clinging to this world
and ourselves and to renounce the clinging.
--Dzsongsar Jamyang Khyentse
from the book, What makes you NOT a Buddhist
so be static free and you will finally be free.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Dalai lama speaks...
H.H. arrives to speak to the tibetan youth.
We post up under a shady tree to absorb his presence, engage his words, and smile with his laughter.
We listen half the time in English and the other in Tibetan.
Even though i can not understand the tibetan, i prefer to listen to his voice directly.
I sit up tall, close my eyes, and practice absorbing the vibration of his words.
And with this I feel the great calm.
As expansive as the Ocean.
For a moment all time ceases.
And I just am, no beginning
no end.
just am apart of it all.
and with this I find release.
before the curious thoughts exhaust my mind again.
Ah, it is these moments that recharge my spirit
in this time of waiting.
We post up under a shady tree to absorb his presence, engage his words, and smile with his laughter.
We listen half the time in English and the other in Tibetan.
Even though i can not understand the tibetan, i prefer to listen to his voice directly.
I sit up tall, close my eyes, and practice absorbing the vibration of his words.
And with this I feel the great calm.
As expansive as the Ocean.
For a moment all time ceases.
And I just am, no beginning
no end.
just am apart of it all.
and with this I find release.
before the curious thoughts exhaust my mind again.
Ah, it is these moments that recharge my spirit
in this time of waiting.
ease and release
Waiting waiting, ambiguous waiting. Will he get the visa or will we be faced with collecting more papers to prove our love? Ah, bureaucracy---US combined with Indian might be our worst night mare. Slow and overly diligent, with a dash of corruption makes this process well one that takes super human power patience.
The tension rises like waves, coming and going, the breathe is my one grounding force.
Yet then with space to reflect i feel this ease and release when I simply let go...
let go of any and all delusional ideas of reality, i.e. that I can change this fucked up process, and just let go of this need for control
this need to plan my life ahead.
just let go and flow with it, accepting the process ...
as it is, in all its fucked upness.
And just see it AS IT IS.
The light is there,
shining through from the end of this narrow
dark tunnel.
It is our choice to aggravate the time by stressing the mind with what ifs and whys and hows
OR to release this tension and just be present with the darkness of this tunnel--
By just being here now.
Standing from the feet up.
grounding down so that the mind may be lifted up.
And realign your emotional balance.
Accept it.
Bureaucracy sucks. But IT IS.
oh magical visa,
we wait patiently.
may all those awaiting the bureaucratic process find peace through
this art of patience.
may all beings be happy.
may peace prevail on earth, and
may bureaucracy embrace logic one day.
The tension rises like waves, coming and going, the breathe is my one grounding force.
Yet then with space to reflect i feel this ease and release when I simply let go...
let go of any and all delusional ideas of reality, i.e. that I can change this fucked up process, and just let go of this need for control
this need to plan my life ahead.
just let go and flow with it, accepting the process ...
as it is, in all its fucked upness.
And just see it AS IT IS.
The light is there,
shining through from the end of this narrow
dark tunnel.
It is our choice to aggravate the time by stressing the mind with what ifs and whys and hows
OR to release this tension and just be present with the darkness of this tunnel--
By just being here now.
Standing from the feet up.
grounding down so that the mind may be lifted up.
And realign your emotional balance.
Accept it.
Bureaucracy sucks. But IT IS.
oh magical visa,
we wait patiently.
may all those awaiting the bureaucratic process find peace through
this art of patience.
may all beings be happy.
may peace prevail on earth, and
may bureaucracy embrace logic one day.
june 16, 2009
My mind is refreshed by these words illuminating what yoga IS. It strikes a chord in my chest as I embark on a new teacher, a new day, a new breathe.
"Yoga itself is based on the interaction of physical, spiritual, and psychic phenomena,
in so far as the effects of breath control (pranayama) and posture (asana) are combined
with mental concentration, creative imagination, spiritual awareness, and
emotional equaanimity."
--Lama Anagarika Govinda,
The Way of the White Clouds
"Yoga itself is based on the interaction of physical, spiritual, and psychic phenomena,
in so far as the effects of breath control (pranayama) and posture (asana) are combined
with mental concentration, creative imagination, spiritual awareness, and
emotional equaanimity."
--Lama Anagarika Govinda,
The Way of the White Clouds
Saturday, May 9, 2009
IN honor of the Buddha...
This year the full moon day, May 9th, brought great peace of mind to this being. As soon as the peace came upon me, I sent it equally out to all other beings. doing my best, with every breathe for the sake of all beings. KNowing that we are all part of ONE. It is my sincere wish that we all awaken to this great potential to care for one another, rather than just the self.
The first full moon day of May, the day to recognize the Buddha, and recall to mind his great birth, path to enlightenment, and profound passing. A day to altruisitcly pray. recognize the power of thought as the power of prayer.
H.H. the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala on this great day. Being at the right place at the right time, karmically, I was present at the temple to greet this living Buddha...
with hands folded and smile gleaming he waved to us and us to him.
And so today, the day after I reflect on a great text, one of the most profound...
The way of the bodhisattva, the great text, our blessed gift from Shantideva--the great indian master.
the excellence of bodhiccitta, this profound compassion for all beings, and the wish for all beings to be free from suffering. The way. The path.
words to arise, aspire, and with great practice activate bodhiccitta with in you...
The first full moon day of May, the day to recognize the Buddha, and recall to mind his great birth, path to enlightenment, and profound passing. A day to altruisitcly pray. recognize the power of thought as the power of prayer.
H.H. the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala on this great day. Being at the right place at the right time, karmically, I was present at the temple to greet this living Buddha...
with hands folded and smile gleaming he waved to us and us to him.
And so today, the day after I reflect on a great text, one of the most profound...
The way of the bodhisattva, the great text, our blessed gift from Shantideva--the great indian master.
the excellence of bodhiccitta, this profound compassion for all beings, and the wish for all beings to be free from suffering. The way. The path.
words to arise, aspire, and with great practice activate bodhiccitta with in you...
"By contrast ( to those minds filled with malice),
good and virtuous thoughts will yield abundant fruits in greater measure.
Even in adversity, the bodhisattva
never brings forth evil---only an increasing stream of goodness.
IN whom this precious sacred mind is born, to them I bow!
I go for refuge in that source of happiness...
That which brings its very enemies to
Perfect Bliss."
(from the first chapter of the Way of the Bodhisttava)
This potential is latent within us.
each and every sentient being.
AWAKEN!
And recognize that true courage lies in the being
whom feels not anger or hatred for his/her enemy or oppressor,
but only compassion rooted in profound wisdom and understanding
of the reality of existence.
To be truly couragious. Truly compassionate. Truly happy. And to wholeheartedly
want all others to obtain this is the true work here on earth.
good luck, tashi delek
wishing you great courage on this path.
may peace prevail on earth.
may our collective consciousness continue to rise, so that we may all evolve and
finally live harmoniously with this earth.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A smile should arise
from the depths of your core.
Not to be forced.
effortlessly arising with joyful effort.
Like the smile of a Buddha,
awakened being shall insprie you too
to open your eyes so wide that you see inside
and there you see the mind
so clear so pure
consciousness.
no beginning
no end
ever flowing stream of being.
so look with in, smile at this great potential and free yourself from yourself.
clean up your mind.
detoxify dillusion.
and feel a smile arise from the depths of your being.
Awaken to reality, as it is.
smile.
do not waist this breath, this opportunity, this chance at life.
The teachings of the Buddha ask one to really understand the preciousness of human life.
Quite often human life can feel more like a curse than a blessing.
BUT alas---it is so precious. And it is your choice, and has always been your choice how you want to live. If you are blessed to have basic freedoms, are able to sustain yourself, and are healthy take a deep breathe and set an intention to live a life of positivity. This may seem idealistic, but no lets think about the law of nature, the dharma, quantam physics...all are in line...all speak about how like attracts like. Karma. The seeds you sow, so you may reep. So watch yourself, develope your own inner witness, and learn how to catch yourself before you plant a negative thought, speech, action, reaction. Catch yourself, and liberate yourself. Slow down the mind, navigate life.
Meditate, become familiar with yourself...
Do you react? Or do you respond?
When others are doing positive things do you think negatively about yourself, or feel jelousy towards them...
AH! We must start at home, with our minds.
We must learn to rejoice in our own good efforts, but most importantly in the positivity of others.
You do not have to be Buddhist to practice such.
You do not have to be anything...but honest with yourself. YOU do have a choice.
YOUR thoughts DO not control you...
AWAKEN!
ARISE....
all those emotions are lies.
stop. take refuge in silence even for 10 minutes a day.
gather the self with the breathe. And begin from this source. This peace will begin to direct your flow.
Don't waiste this precious opportunity. Each breath an opportunity to think positively, and maybe even to feel love and compassion for all sentient beings. For when we are stripped of everything all we want is love, nourishment, and genuine happiness. So recognize the you in I and the I in you. Invert your me, and you will feel the we. All connected.
empty of inherent existence.
interdepedent.
co-dependent.
when you recall to mind this oneness...
a smile from the depths of your being will begin to rise.
And you will begin to embody all those teachings, not just for you...but for all.
just a bit of a buddhist inspired rant from the Tibetan Library in Dharamsala India...to you sitting there...maybe now smiling.
The teachings of the Buddha ask one to really understand the preciousness of human life.
Quite often human life can feel more like a curse than a blessing.
BUT alas---it is so precious. And it is your choice, and has always been your choice how you want to live. If you are blessed to have basic freedoms, are able to sustain yourself, and are healthy take a deep breathe and set an intention to live a life of positivity. This may seem idealistic, but no lets think about the law of nature, the dharma, quantam physics...all are in line...all speak about how like attracts like. Karma. The seeds you sow, so you may reep. So watch yourself, develope your own inner witness, and learn how to catch yourself before you plant a negative thought, speech, action, reaction. Catch yourself, and liberate yourself. Slow down the mind, navigate life.
Meditate, become familiar with yourself...
Do you react? Or do you respond?
When others are doing positive things do you think negatively about yourself, or feel jelousy towards them...
AH! We must start at home, with our minds.
We must learn to rejoice in our own good efforts, but most importantly in the positivity of others.
You do not have to be Buddhist to practice such.
You do not have to be anything...but honest with yourself. YOU do have a choice.
YOUR thoughts DO not control you...
AWAKEN!
ARISE....
all those emotions are lies.
stop. take refuge in silence even for 10 minutes a day.
gather the self with the breathe. And begin from this source. This peace will begin to direct your flow.
Don't waiste this precious opportunity. Each breath an opportunity to think positively, and maybe even to feel love and compassion for all sentient beings. For when we are stripped of everything all we want is love, nourishment, and genuine happiness. So recognize the you in I and the I in you. Invert your me, and you will feel the we. All connected.
empty of inherent existence.
interdepedent.
co-dependent.
when you recall to mind this oneness...
a smile from the depths of your being will begin to rise.
And you will begin to embody all those teachings, not just for you...but for all.
just a bit of a buddhist inspired rant from the Tibetan Library in Dharamsala India...to you sitting there...maybe now smiling.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Create space for Grace
The other day I returned to my home to be.
A small room overlooking the valley below.
On this day I return home in search of quietude, peace, and integration.
To digest the lessons of the day, and to come home to what is called me.
I prepare the space by cleaning, sweeping...
Feet cleansed, face washed, feeling refreshed, the mind is at ease.
This moment is now ready for spiritual connection.
Always searching for a teacher...
today i return home.
the voice inside says with poise, "we must learn to cultivate our own practice according to where we are, what we know, and what we need. "
Know thyself, the great master speaks.
Determine what you are made of, and what you must cultivate.
Eliminate the negative thoughts and the negative actions will also disappear.
Find balance in your body, and you will encounter balance outside.
The clouds building, filling the sky.
Precipitation accumulates.
The birds sing songs of praises, calling my attention to thismoment.
The sky rumbles as the storm builds. Like the precipitation, my enthusiasm builds to take advantage of this time, this body, this life to dedicate myself to truth.
The rain gracefully falls from the sky, as these words stream out of mind, hand, pen, paper.
The silence engaged with writing, now i put the pen and paper aside and dedicate this moment to grace.
The breathe now will engage this silence as it softens the mind and lengthens the body.
Create space for grace.
A small room overlooking the valley below.
On this day I return home in search of quietude, peace, and integration.
To digest the lessons of the day, and to come home to what is called me.
I prepare the space by cleaning, sweeping...
Feet cleansed, face washed, feeling refreshed, the mind is at ease.
This moment is now ready for spiritual connection.
Always searching for a teacher...
today i return home.
the voice inside says with poise, "we must learn to cultivate our own practice according to where we are, what we know, and what we need. "
Know thyself, the great master speaks.
Determine what you are made of, and what you must cultivate.
Eliminate the negative thoughts and the negative actions will also disappear.
Find balance in your body, and you will encounter balance outside.
The clouds building, filling the sky.
Precipitation accumulates.
The birds sing songs of praises, calling my attention to thismoment.
The sky rumbles as the storm builds. Like the precipitation, my enthusiasm builds to take advantage of this time, this body, this life to dedicate myself to truth.
The rain gracefully falls from the sky, as these words stream out of mind, hand, pen, paper.
The silence engaged with writing, now i put the pen and paper aside and dedicate this moment to grace.
The breathe now will engage this silence as it softens the mind and lengthens the body.
Create space for grace.
Experience one
Sit queitly.
Refresh the mind through meditative concentration.
Walk.
Feel the essence of the body.
experience the essence of all life.
changing. changing changing.
Refresh the mind with this truth of impermanence.
Diffuse the self.
this life is not just for the I.
"I want peace," you say.
well take away the "I" and the "want" and what are you left with...
peace. Swami says.
Diffuse I.
Reinfuse this me with the greater we. All life is codependent.
All reality is codependent.
Let go. diffuse the I.
reinfuse with the we.
and you will see that all is ONE.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
its elemental
Now a days I walk down the mountain to train my mind on the language of the Tibetans and my spirit on the way of the dharma. As I walk back up the mountain, I meditate on what I learned.
Languages of the heart.
Letters as characters, vowels as sound vibrations, the tounge generated from the roof of the world.
A language unlike any other. Excersize for the mouth, the body, the mind. REconfiguration. body heart mind spirit.
Languages from the heart.
The dharma, buddhist philosophy is simple. Of course the most simple things in life are often the ones most overlooked. We absorbed thoughts on the nature of the mind.
The nature of the mind is that of a crystal. Life shall be a discipline of maintaining its purity. It is always like this crystal, but its quality changes according to how you lead this life, and most important your control of the thoughts that come through the mind. It is a choice. Yet it is more so a practice, that takes patience, determination, and great compassion. Like clothes, the mind gets dirty, but can be cleansed with effort and good intention. After washing, the stains are gone, but the cloth remains. The wisdom of the mind is always there, but it gets burried by thoughts, extreme emotions, and lack of discipline.
AS we go throught this life, we seek happiness. Yet often all we find is suffering. As we change our mind to recognize suffering as the profound ebbs in this flow of life, we can find the light of the crystal reflecting even though the darkest moments.
And as we see this more clearly, we cease chasing and biting our own tail, and rather flow forward with the momentum of positivity.
As like attracts like, life begins to grow rather than recede with time.
It may seem a strange thought to some, but the dharma explains that this life is one of thousands of lives we will live. For as we are all made of energy, our energy will continue on when our bodies dies. And it is my understanding that this crystal mind we hear of is in fact the energy of consciousness, and it is this conciousness that we are to honor, cultivate, and pass on with grace. It is our duty as beings. It is the real work.
Life is short, but cyclical existence in the chains of suffering is forever. Until you begin to cultivate the GOOD. Even in the BAD.
So this dharma ramble comes as the clouds move in, the rain tempts us, and I yearn to share these words.
May this find you at peace, and if not may you find peace through the suffering.
Languages of the heart.
Letters as characters, vowels as sound vibrations, the tounge generated from the roof of the world.
A language unlike any other. Excersize for the mouth, the body, the mind. REconfiguration. body heart mind spirit.
Languages from the heart.
The dharma, buddhist philosophy is simple. Of course the most simple things in life are often the ones most overlooked. We absorbed thoughts on the nature of the mind.
The nature of the mind is that of a crystal. Life shall be a discipline of maintaining its purity. It is always like this crystal, but its quality changes according to how you lead this life, and most important your control of the thoughts that come through the mind. It is a choice. Yet it is more so a practice, that takes patience, determination, and great compassion. Like clothes, the mind gets dirty, but can be cleansed with effort and good intention. After washing, the stains are gone, but the cloth remains. The wisdom of the mind is always there, but it gets burried by thoughts, extreme emotions, and lack of discipline.
AS we go throught this life, we seek happiness. Yet often all we find is suffering. As we change our mind to recognize suffering as the profound ebbs in this flow of life, we can find the light of the crystal reflecting even though the darkest moments.
And as we see this more clearly, we cease chasing and biting our own tail, and rather flow forward with the momentum of positivity.
As like attracts like, life begins to grow rather than recede with time.
It may seem a strange thought to some, but the dharma explains that this life is one of thousands of lives we will live. For as we are all made of energy, our energy will continue on when our bodies dies. And it is my understanding that this crystal mind we hear of is in fact the energy of consciousness, and it is this conciousness that we are to honor, cultivate, and pass on with grace. It is our duty as beings. It is the real work.
Life is short, but cyclical existence in the chains of suffering is forever. Until you begin to cultivate the GOOD. Even in the BAD.
So this dharma ramble comes as the clouds move in, the rain tempts us, and I yearn to share these words.
May this find you at peace, and if not may you find peace through the suffering.
Monday, March 9, 2009
When I ask...
The moon is on the rise.
Change is our constant, but I wonder is there a greater change, a force, a momentum at work for truth? For justice? For peace? As I sit here, Mcleod Ganj is bustling with people from all over the world. People, pilgrims of truth come to have a glance at a living reincarnation of the buddha of compassion---His holiness the Dalai Lama. They also come to support the tibetan people as we approach the historic day---March 10th, 2009.
From 1959 to 2009--50years in exhile, 50 years of resistance to the chinese government which seeks to devour the land of these people as our ancestors once devoured the land of the red man--the navaho, the sioux, the arrapaho, the shoshonee, the hopi...the list goes on.
And why I ask, does history repeat itself?
Why are the indigenous people of this planet treated so brutally?
The brutality is embedded in this greed, the paranoid fear for the power of the world.
Manifest your destiny, across the land.
Head west my boy, they said back then.
Head north they say without any knowledge that as they move north they simaltaneously are participating in cultural genocide.
Ignorance? Culturally blinded?
The roof of the world.
The heart of the west.
What is the difference...and why must it repeat itself?
March 10th, 1959 the tibetans rose up, revolted for truth...couragious disedance against the monster. David and Goliath.
A failed revolt.
But a successful escape of His Holiness.
Oh, yes and some 80,000 tibetans to follow.
exodus.
fleeing this genocide.
saving lives, culture, the way.
a way so unique.
minds so full of heart, so connected to the earth.
And so I ask, what can be done?
where does justice prevail?
When will this dark period end, and illumination begin?
When, good lord, will truth prevail?
2012? Polar shift?
From ME to WE, from greed to green?
Until then, I will continue to believe.
and to prepare by standing on my head, breathing from my head to my toes.
recirculating, as to prepare phyisically for this shift.
so my head can feel my heart beat constantly as I bow in the face of truth, and stand strong in the face of injustice.
may this all find you and instill you with courage.
as I mentioned earlier---look to the root.
This word courage finds its latin roots in the cor, the heart.
When I ask will we all have the courage to stand for truth, and not just for "I" and "ME".
Change is our constant, but I wonder is there a greater change, a force, a momentum at work for truth? For justice? For peace? As I sit here, Mcleod Ganj is bustling with people from all over the world. People, pilgrims of truth come to have a glance at a living reincarnation of the buddha of compassion---His holiness the Dalai Lama. They also come to support the tibetan people as we approach the historic day---March 10th, 2009.
From 1959 to 2009--50years in exhile, 50 years of resistance to the chinese government which seeks to devour the land of these people as our ancestors once devoured the land of the red man--the navaho, the sioux, the arrapaho, the shoshonee, the hopi...the list goes on.
And why I ask, does history repeat itself?
Why are the indigenous people of this planet treated so brutally?
The brutality is embedded in this greed, the paranoid fear for the power of the world.
Manifest your destiny, across the land.
Head west my boy, they said back then.
Head north they say without any knowledge that as they move north they simaltaneously are participating in cultural genocide.
Ignorance? Culturally blinded?
The roof of the world.
The heart of the west.
What is the difference...and why must it repeat itself?
March 10th, 1959 the tibetans rose up, revolted for truth...couragious disedance against the monster. David and Goliath.
A failed revolt.
But a successful escape of His Holiness.
Oh, yes and some 80,000 tibetans to follow.
exodus.
fleeing this genocide.
saving lives, culture, the way.
a way so unique.
minds so full of heart, so connected to the earth.
And so I ask, what can be done?
where does justice prevail?
When will this dark period end, and illumination begin?
When, good lord, will truth prevail?
2012? Polar shift?
From ME to WE, from greed to green?
Until then, I will continue to believe.
and to prepare by standing on my head, breathing from my head to my toes.
recirculating, as to prepare phyisically for this shift.
so my head can feel my heart beat constantly as I bow in the face of truth, and stand strong in the face of injustice.
may this all find you and instill you with courage.
as I mentioned earlier---look to the root.
This word courage finds its latin roots in the cor, the heart.
When I ask will we all have the courage to stand for truth, and not just for "I" and "ME".
Monday, March 2, 2009
among the tibetans
Here among the tibetans I find myself perched once again.
Losar, the new year of the moon, brings us here...
celebrating for the hope of the coming cycle, but mourning all those martyrs whom have
sacrificed their own lives for the struggle and ultimate freedom of tibet.
black flags line the streets, white letters enscribed---po or tibet.
simple.
black and white: innocent people are dying everyday, cultural genocide is happening at the top of the world.
the monks of this society are the ultimate activists.
liberation theology at its best.
they embody and stand up for TRUTH.
not hiding behind a script, but with open palms and open hearts couragiously walking in light of freedom for tibet.
I found myself haning out with many tibetan youth, mostly males for women do not really hang out like we are used to.
we drank we talked broken english and tibetan we shared ideas, thoughts, visions.
and now the energy of the new moon is on the rise. Losar comes with the new moon, and as this moon cylce comes to be, we will see what energy the full moon will bring. OH yes, as it is the full moon falls on March 10th---the tibetan day of uprising. Maybe wisdom, compassion, truth will strike down on the minds of the reigning Chinese and call for real peace, real justice, and real autonomy for these beautiful people.
until then, we all must cultivate this wisdom with in.
Educate yourself.
stand for truth.
embrace this life, and have gratitude for what you have.
Losar, the new year of the moon, brings us here...
celebrating for the hope of the coming cycle, but mourning all those martyrs whom have
sacrificed their own lives for the struggle and ultimate freedom of tibet.
black flags line the streets, white letters enscribed---po or tibet.
simple.
black and white: innocent people are dying everyday, cultural genocide is happening at the top of the world.
the monks of this society are the ultimate activists.
liberation theology at its best.
they embody and stand up for TRUTH.
not hiding behind a script, but with open palms and open hearts couragiously walking in light of freedom for tibet.
I found myself haning out with many tibetan youth, mostly males for women do not really hang out like we are used to.
we drank we talked broken english and tibetan we shared ideas, thoughts, visions.
and now the energy of the new moon is on the rise. Losar comes with the new moon, and as this moon cylce comes to be, we will see what energy the full moon will bring. OH yes, as it is the full moon falls on March 10th---the tibetan day of uprising. Maybe wisdom, compassion, truth will strike down on the minds of the reigning Chinese and call for real peace, real justice, and real autonomy for these beautiful people.
until then, we all must cultivate this wisdom with in.
Educate yourself.
stand for truth.
embrace this life, and have gratitude for what you have.
Monday, February 16, 2009
coming of age
She's a young girl, over there...
infused with joy, yet often invisible to those she loves.
She's a young girl, indeed her face and laugh as young as the day, but her eyes as wise as the owl perched outside tonight.
A young being, but an old soul, she redefines respect as she embodies this namaste.
She bows down to the guru embedded in the moment.
Ah this young girl bows down to even you, as you disrespect your being
as you steel time from tomorrow, as you loose your awareness of today.
She still sees your light deep inside, and bows down to you, awaiting the day you awaken and stand up.
She is a young girl over there, straight hair green eyes changing like the sea.
But this spring this youth, like a seed, will finally find the light inside to blossom outward.
Stepping into this power.
she's a young girl, but soon all will finally see her old soul.
And begin to bow down to her and awaken to themselves.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Re*Cognize
Re-cognize
Re-call to mind
Re-cognize all those negative eyes as butterflies, let go, and start again.
Re-learn
Re-wind and slow down to the rhythm of YOUR--
heart beat.
I believe in this beat.
The rhythm of silence.
The inner sound of truth, love, compassion, courage.
Cultivate.
kNow this word courage down to its latin roots
where "cor" means heart.
This heart of hearts, I bow down to her
head to heart
heart to head
I believe that our breathe is our connection to rhythmic wisdom.
listen with profound respect.
in deep silence
profound wisdom
resides inside, a seed.
And you are the gardener,
the breathe the guiding light,
and graceful, compassionate awareness the flowing water.
Self sustained nourishment
from moment t moment.
Rooting down into the heart, into the earth.
RE-connect,
Re-cognize.
Growing up towards the mind this guide and voice of light.
Photosynthesize with poised integrity
from the roots of the heart to the stem of expression
Truth reins here
what is...
IS.
and with this clarity I feel the grace of the mind unfolding
to all that is
from moment to moment
We all are our own sources of light
dispelling darkness, misconceptions
now the power to turn all negative eyes into butterflies...
RE-cognize.
Teachers exist in every moment, in every face, and in every thing.
Awaken to each as an opportunity to GROW,
towards the light
lightness in darkness
lightness in heaviness light mind, light step, light action
Soft Smile
Eye Believe in a smile as a reverberating act of peace.
As we evolve as a species, I chose to evolve with love.
Rooted in compassion.
With this energy, I believe my coexistence will unfold as effortless as a flower opens
towards the sun-light.
photosynthesize with poised integrity.
Recognize.
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