Down By The River
I spent some time this weekend crawling around on the cliff behind my home and retreat. Here is one shot nearer to the base. At this point the cliff gets undercut by the river and so its a 40 - 50 foot straight drop to the water.
It was a nice spiritual experience for me. At first scampering down the first 150 feet down.. Our exploration typical starts as a struggle, going against tropical heat, jungle, scree, places requiring trust / instinct to get around and down to. It's a matter of letting go into the pace.
Boundaries are by definition are a challenge to pass through as they offer resistance between two states of being.Then it opens up and to discover a wonderful grassy rocky knoll from which it's possible to take a breather and take it all in... to simply bask in joy of being present in the moment.
At this point: part of the desire is to get down that last 40 feet, But instead it all opens up to just being one with the river.. no matter where one moves and meanders with life.
- The joy is enough to simply be present
Learn it isn't the destination outside of your life that is the goal. It's the one inside, being present and aware with life, which forms the first boundary to what many call the light.
Peace in your path as you find your own true steps to enlightenment.
Namaste.
2 comments:
Read this on whiskey river right after your post -- coincidence?
from whiskey river by whiskey
What She Wanted
What she wanted was to return
to the original rainforest
hear water pushing
through the sapwood
and leaves eating light
as she wanted to eat light.
She knew her nature
was to be water, not wood.
She knew there was a grove
of vertical rivers
of roaring waterfall-trees,
and a grove of whirlpool-trees
with vortices she could dive through,
past the hollow years of her life
right back to the roots.
- Pascale Petit
I like that
life is a series of coincidences which awareness later connects up to form our nature as being one
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