Posts Tagged "Danna Faulds"
The Essence of My Practice
Reading at Waimea practice 10/15/2011 My practice moves from edge to edge, exploring the limits of a stretch, the inner realm of energy and breath. Each movement plumbs new depths of self-awareness. Who am I now, and now, and now? Who holds this pose with single-pointed focus, or loses the thread of breath and stops to find the center once again? Have I reached my full expression, or is...
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Reading at Koloa practice 9/15/2011 My practice moves from edge to edge, exploring the limits of a stretch, the inner realm of energy and breath. Each movement plumbs new depths of self-awareness. Who am I now, and now, and now? Who holds this pose with single-pointed focus, or loses the thread of breath and stops to find the center once again? Have I reached my full expression, or is there...
Read MoreOne and Two are Both True
Reading at Anara practice 7/06/2011 “I am everywhere present,” said the Lord. Seek me in the stately trees or the melodies of sparrows and you will surely find me. Look for me in the Buddha’s smile, the countenance of Christ, the words of the Koran and Sanskrit prayers. I am always there. Turn your attention to the sky where the movements of moon and stars trace my...
Read MoreJust For Now
Reading at Anara Practice 6/27/2011 Just for now, without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight you so patiently bear upon your shoulders. Feel the earth receive you, and the infinite expanse of sky grow even wider as your awareness reaches up to meet it. Just for now, allow a wave of breath to enliven your experience. Breathe out whatever blocks you-...
Read MorePairs of Opposites
Reading at Anara practice 3/30/2011 I was born to bridge the pairs of opposites, to span the apparent distance between light and dark, joy and sorrow. I exist to see past differences, to open my arms so wide that all I can see and know and be is inside my reach. I am here to give and receive love; so closely attuned to All That Is that breathing is an act of passionate attraction. I am not...
Read MoreThis Surprising Truth
This I say from my dwelling place within your heart: Do not miss me in your focus on transcendence. Look closely at the world. I am the orange glow of dawn, sun the color of monk’s robes shining equally upon all beings. I am your frustration as you seek me and come up empty. I am the dusty web you sweep down from the ceiling, and the spider who races into hiding when you clean. I am...
Read MoreThe Taste of Truth
Reading at Anara practice 08/01/2010 For the moment/ I’ve stopped struggling. The undertow tugs at my clothes/ and the current takes me where it will. Surrender sounds like defeat/ but this tastes like victory/ the sweet release into something open/ empty/ yet complete. My heart speaks/ instructing me to relinquish all control, I close my eyes/ and see myself dissolving while remaining...
Read MoreShort Prayer of Thanks
Reading from Kalaheo practice 07/27/09 Lord, thank you for this time to be, to see/and live in harmony. Thank you for sanctifying each act and thought, for teaching me that the heart’s expansion and contraction is just a natural part of being human. Thank you for accepting my many imperfections hanging out for all to see like laundry on the line. Thank you for showing me with...
Read MoreThe Taste of Truth
For the moment, I’ve stopped struggling. The undertow tugs at my clothes/ and the current takes me where it will. Surrender sounds like defeat, but this tastes like victory, the sweet release into something open, empty, yet complete. My heartspeaks, instructing me to relinquish all control. I close my eyes, and see myself dissolving while remaining whole. When, at last, I am delivered...
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