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To be or to be. That is the answer.

2/18/2011

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Whenever people ask me what I am most passionate about, the most honest answer I can give is: 'the direct experience of life', or said another way, simply 'being'.

I find it rather humorous at times, how our minds can weave entire illusory worlds of separation from that which we all are: life itself. We are life! We are alive! We are. I am. How could it be otherwise? Think about it.

Yes, yes, I know, you've heard it all before. Just be here. Now. 'Yes, yes', the mind says, 'that's all well and good, but I've got important things to do now. perhaps once I've finished doing all those things I can focus on simply being, but really, who's got time for that?!'

he he he

I can't think of any way I'd rather move through the world than embracing every moment to the fullest. This is my - our - natural state and I'm un-learning my way back every day, one step at a time. How does this translate into everyday life?

It is (I am) the fingers on my hands typing the keys on this keyboard, noticing how they find their own way without any effort on my part.

It is (I am) the cool air moving in and out of my nostrils; the breath breathing itself.

It is (I am) warm rose petal, raspberry leaf & alfalfa tea drinking itself across my lips.

It is (I am) the sounds of the heater blowing delicious warmth onto my feet and the delightful voices of things we call birds chirping away outside the kitchen window.

It is (I am) the un-doing of all the labels the mind would like to create. If there's truly no separation from 'me' and any aspect of life, then how do I know for sure that I am not all of this. All of it. Everything I see, taste, hear, sip, feel, luxuriate in, desire, reject, create, love, destroy, embrace, etc. etc.

Hmmmm....I wonder what I'll un-learn today?!
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Luis Enrique link
2/18/2011 08:07:01 am


You have captured it, this thing everyone wants but which can be so evasive because, despite its simplicity, it is mindboggingly difficult for the mind to handle. It couldn't be THAT simple, could it? The mind reels at that... what use would it have?

You are one of the few people I know who actually lives a significant portion of her life this way... being present, being open, just being and flowing in that goodness. Thank you for showing me how to be, like this, in deeper and deeper ways. It is your beautiful presence which allows this to happen.

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DAD
2/26/2011 07:56:22 am

Dearest Chloe,

Yesterday, Carol and I watched five grouse race across open ground from tree to tree. While searching for sustenance, they were also experiencing the timeless dance in anticipation of the new cycle of life. Unbeknownst to them, they shared with us their journey and their being made us joyful.

"We feel and know that we are eternal". (Spinoza, 1677)

Love, DAD

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