Fluidity
I’m running down the two-lane island road… there are few cars, fewer people, and a horse. I notice the cadence of my feet, how they meet the pavement, how they flex and lift, and how my forward motion is smooth and assured. I notice times, too, when my foot crashes a bit (especially the left [...]
Tide
This is the moment I want. This one, when the tides are turning, when my eyes are clearing, when those deep-down soul dreams show their faces and declare “I am more free than I’ve ever been!” Like this: standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth looking in the mirror, my hand on my hip, a [...]
Truly
As I lay sandwiched between two young boys — my sons — Mica flung his arms around my head and whispered with sweet urgency, “I truly, truly love you, Mama.” And then, in case I hadn’t gotten it, “Truly, truly, truly, truly, truly I love you.” How can I argue with that? But it’s true: [...]
Swan
I was sitting with a rock. It felt big in my hands — too big — and my sense was that I wanted to be rid of it. I noticed that impulse (oh, my friend aversion come again), and turned my attention to my breath. A woman I had just met, I’ll call her Rita, [...]
It Moves
This is Mica. He was a few months old — five? — in this photo. I remember that time so clearly, he had emerged from the didymos wrapped against my chest and was lying around on the ground, atop the sheep’s skin, amid the patterns of the quilt made by my mother, just for [...]
Hakomi Level II
I went to Hawaii for my fortieth birthday. I wanted to be somewhere beautiful, and warm, with my family, but able to be on my own part of the time, too. I was seeing beach. I was seeing myself meditating. I found it all — we went to Hawaii and I spent time on the [...]
Tangle
How can I set right a tangle which is entirely below the level of my consciousness? Nisargardatta: “By being with yourself… by watching in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than to judge, in full acceptance of whatever may emerge, because it is there. You encourage the deep to [...]
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