sweet pilgrim

when
you are out for a walk
on your own,
don't bring your thoughts
or concerns
to the trees or waters - -
enter the heart that is
dancing the circle of presence -
and listen with all your body -
every being is whispering
to you -
sweet pilgrim,
come embrace me –

worry is like smoke

worry
is like a smoke in the air -
it robs you of your clarity and
weakens your vibrational
frequency -

you are not made from mud

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or wind, fire, water, the earth or sky. …
or combination of them ---
The sky and the earth,
the moon and the sun
and the fire and the air ---
and the water ----
are contained in you.

your not knowing

It has been raining
all day today here in Minneapolis -
Do you know how much rain
we are going to get?
a person I know asked me
in the parking lot –
I don’t know, I said.
the mind is occupied
with calculations
trying to grasp what
is ungraspable -
jumping from one tree
to another and holding
onto a fruit that is falling
to dissolve into a sweet earth -
Be comfortable
with your not knowing -
rest in the depth of
your being -
there is a light there

shining brighter than ten
thousand suns.

Running waters

Running waters
don’t compete
With each other
and where they
go is not
their concerns.
true journey
does not make
you a great seeker.
it rather
takes you deep
into yourself
and keeps saying to you,
beloved ---afraid not - -
come deeper
and deeper…...
you are a never ending
sea of existence.