Reading at Koloa practice 09/28/09
I had to seek the Physician
because of the pain this world
caused me.
Archive > September 2009
The Lords Prayer; a Direct Translation
Reading at Waimea practice 09 /26/09
A Translation of “Our Father” directly from the Aramaic (the language Jesus spoke) into English (rather than from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to English)
What Kind of God?
Read at Bodhi Tree practice 09/24/09
What kind of God would He be
if He did not hear the
bangles ring on
an ant’s wrist
as they move the earth
in their sweet
dance?
Gems #1
Readings at Koloa, Waimea, Kalaheo and Bodhi Tree practices – week of 09/25/09
(much thanks to twi-chi for finding these ‘pearls’….)
On Edges….
Through the disciplined precision of our efforts, we’ll come again and again to our edge—the difficult places beyond which we’ve previously been unable to move. Through the willingness to soften and surrender to what is, [...]
From David Whyte
Read at Koloa,and Poipu practices week of 9/18
It Is Not Enough
It is not enough to know.
It is not enough to follow
the inward road conversing in secret.
It is not enough to see straight ahead,
to gaze at the unborn
thinking the silence belongs to you.
A Meditation and Psychotherapy Story
Reading at Bodhi Tree – 09/16/09
Two friends met at a cafe one day and began to talk over tea. They told each other of the dissatisfactions in their lives, how life was not what either had expected, how despite their best efforts, they seldom woke up happy in the morning, how they did not want [...]
The Altar of This Moment
Reading at Waimea practice 09/15/2009
Place everything you can perceive—
Everything you can
See,
Hear,
Smell,
Taste,
Or touch,
Upon the altar of this moment
And give thanks.
Letting the heart break open…
Reading at Bodhi tree, Koloa and Anara practices week of 09/11/09
Letting the heart break open awakens us to the mystery of love-that we can’t help loving others, in spite of the pain they cause us, for no other reason than they move and touch us in ways that we can [...]
Awareness
Read at Kalaheo practice 08/31/09
Although I’m aging
my retinas still see
in living color
a few electromagnetic waves
but just those
from .4 to .7 millimicrons-
that is, from what we call red
to what we call blue .
