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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Light Movement...
I thought it would be interesting to post this sequence of a sunset that I took last week to show the changes in the light and color as the sun slipped behind the mountains…
To be witness to the movement of Light as it crosses an imaginary threshold is amazing. I never noticed before that the light becomes more brilliant *before* it diffuses; changing color and hue as the light bounces off the clouds. I know there is a scientific explanation for why this happens :) But I am a mystic – I see things poetically and metaphorically - so bear with me…
In watching the light wane into its brilliance before twilight, (interesting paradox) I begin to understand that the Light never *really* leaves. The Light is always there – lighting someone else’s day. My evening becomes someone else’s morning; returning again to make a new day… But actually everything is one continuous movement of Light - always… And I’m not talking about the sun here…
This wondrous movement of Light reminds me that “Reality” and “phenomena” are never separate. You cannot separate phenomena, such as a sun setting, *from* the movement of Reality ItSelf. It is an illusion to say that one is an illusion and the other is not. There are no illusory objects appearing separately from Reality. There is no line between light and dark, formless and form, day and night. In fact, it is the separation that is illusory. There is nothing that *isn’t* Light. Everything is one and the same Light, or you could say, one and the same Life. The Absolute and the Relative are the same. It’s all the breath and movement of Light/Life, in and as everything. We are the brilliance of unlit Light… What matters is what opens us to the awareness of that unlit Light in the Heart that is always there…
what a beautiful photo to start with and how delightful for you to snap all these pictures so we can watch the sky melt into darkness. Reminds me so much of the Buddhist principal of impermanence, this constant changing.
And your lovely words remind us that we are not separate from anything, we just think we are. We are all connected. I am reminded of the yin/yang symbol with your words, that ever shifting landscape from light to dark and back again. Such a rich post! So much to see. Delicious!
Thank you Carole... Not bad for an amateur with a Kodak Easy Share camera! I want a big girl camera! LOL. There were more photos, but I didn't want to overdo it :)
Yes, so much to really *see* is right! So much beauty to wake up to. Sure is opening this heart and these eyes to a new, softer view.
Just LOVE the very painterly feel of these images, Christine...Being witness to the sky, to the changes of light is one of the most profound experience, I find. I always feel cracked open wide and a greater call to love and serve in love fills me. The connection to all, which you so eloquently express is always felt so close when in nature or the outdoor world, isn't it? I am so thrilled to see this beauty you've captured for us. :o) Happy Weekend ((LOVE & LIGHT))
Thank you Dear Tracy! Yes! The vastness, depth and beauty of the sky surely puts everything in perspective and opens us up. I find that the twilight walks have been very emotional that way - opening this Heart more and more to the ineffable Mystery of just Being, to Life ItSelf that calls. It's also amazing how nature shows us these wonderful paradoxes and insights in a way that no book or teacher can... Lightbeams :)
Absolutely! There is nothing that isn't this Light that we are... Everything is one and the same Light. We *are* the brilliance of unlit Light... Squirrel Love :)
"Not all who wander are aimless especially those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond image..." ~~ from Mona Lisa Smile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"A mystic is content with nothing less than to touch the Truth in its most universal purity."
~~ Ivan Granger Poetry Chaikhana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Walk The Earth In Silence
Walk the Earth in Silence, in the stillness of Being, communing, listening, hearing, sensing, feeling.
Walk the Earth in Silence of unassuming, open, receptive, awareness; leaving only a trace of a footstep here and there.
Walk the Earth in Silence from the stillness of the Heart; standing at the still-point, in the hush of the Mystery...
Speak the language of Silence, Heart to Heart, whispered wordlessly in the silent Rhythm...
I am simply following the pathless path of the Heart in the every-day-ness of life, exploring "The Ineffable Mystery" of Life.
I do not define myself by any particular path or religion - as Life ItSelf is the ever unfolding Mystery, and an ever deepening discovery of the many expressions of The Infinite, expressing ItSelf as all Life.
I write about and post what inspires me, and what I am passionate about: exploring the Mystery of Being and The Truth of Existence.
Writings here include: prose poetry and anecdotal meanderings. I also dabble
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Return To Stillness
Return to the consciousness of Stillness that speaks through the Heart from the in-between spaces in the Celestial Ocean of Creation...
Stillness expresses through vibration, through resonance, in and through the inner Heart ~ the Inner Being...
Quiet the mind and the heart of thoughts, of emotions, of pain, of struggle, and just listen...
Reach deeply into the Stillness of pre-creation ~ the Primordial Space ~ and allow it to permeate you, to thrive in you...
Be at one with Stillness, with Sacred Silence, where the seeds of luminescent Love form and expand, through ripples of pure Innocence, reverberating in a pool of Stillness...
Allow Stillness to emerge from Its place of solitude in the womb of the Heart; from Its sanctuary of wholeness, and give it voice...
Allow Stillness to be your Truth, and Truth your Stillness...
October 2001
The Whisper
The Rhythm of Sacred Silence calls me back into ItSelf again and again... It waits patiently while I move through my stories ~ through my illusions ~ my contractions of fear ~ my brokenness...
The Rhythm invites me to dance ~ to sway to Its movement ~ to hear Its pulse ~ its silent
language, like a whisper in the
background of noise,
trying to get my attention.
I have to be still to hear The Whisper speaking softly: come, be with Me come and be still, come, listen, hear Me, come, dance with Me, come, be with Me, come and be still...
I turn my attention to listen curiously, as if someone has spoken just over my shoulder ~
barely audible... I wait and listen - aware of a
subtle presence,
like butterfly wings. The Rhythm rises - palpable. It draws me to it...
I bow inwardly to The Whisper... We embrace and dance in stillness The sweet Rhythm of Love...
March 2009
Infinite Light
Just rest in the gaze of the Infinite ~ in the Infinite Light that infuses and embraces all...
Just turn your gaze inward to the Infinite Heart Presence that lights you ~ that *is* you...
Feel this Presence of Love gazing from within ~ Seeing what you see, Hearing what you hear, Feeling what you feel, Experiencing what you experience...
Feel its fluid vibrating pulse running through your body...
Let this Light, this Love, within you live you...
It is anyway...
Just rest...
Sweet Serenity.
December 2009
The Rhythm
I float on the swells of the great Sea, the vast, open Spaciousness; out beyond the thought stream of duality. Just the deep calm of Isness rising and falling in and endless subtle rhythmic movement; a stillness that ebbs and flows fluidly.
Here there is a gateway into Rest, the Quietude, where everything falls into "The Rhythm," into the deep calm of the One.
I allow myself to be taken by "The Rhythm," the rising and falling of Stillness. It's "The Rhythm" of the Formless that holds me, that sustains and supports me ~ that is me...
There is only "The Rhythm" in everything, as everything ~ the expressions and experiences of Life.
We breathe, and are breathed by "The Rhythm."
August 2009
Let Go and LIVE
Let go.
Let it all go: Hopes for the future. Regret for the past. Expectations for the present.
LIVE...
Embraced in the space of
Divine Emptiness, resting at the still-point...
with no conceptual framework
for your life. No scaffolding of thought or plan
to hold "you" together...
Dissolve in the great Ocean
of your Infinite Beingness...
LIVE...
without requiring life to be
different,
without wanting to change what is to suit you...
LIVE...
Surrendered and emptied out of the way your conditioned mind tells you that life must be...
Let go of your attachment to your inexhaustible patterns of fear that keep you safe, but confined...
Let go into the Living Stream that already carries you
LIVE...
June 2014
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Embrace
The Eternal Embrace is a dynamic Stillness of Being that holds everything as it is, with no need to change anything.
We are held in this space of Presence, the space of Divine Embrace ~ a Vastness that just is...
There is only ever Embrace ~ a deep compassionate Embrace for all life ~ for all that is ~ as it is...
The Divine embracing Itself in *every* expression...
We ARE the Embrace ~ embracing Itself
We are fluidly and interchangeably the Embrace.
Divine Intimacy...
2009
Poetry
Celestial Songs...
Prose Poetry is a mystic's music -
Celestial Songs - if you will - singing the cosmos; poetic
perceptions of Life; the expression of Conscious Awareness.
The Poems below were written over many years. Many have arisen from the Silence within,
and often speak of the Sacred Silence, "The Beloved", and the Mystery of Being that we all are...
Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking.
By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that will never be trod again.
Wanderer, there is no road - only wakes upon the sea...
Antonio Machado
photo above by my father 1952/53
Life is encouraging you to come along... ~ author unknown
"We're all just walking each other home..." Ram Dass
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"An Unexpected Morning Visit" by - Ted Nasmith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As far as I am aware this art has been made available on the internet by the owner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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what a beautiful photo to start with and how delightful for you to snap all these pictures so we can watch the sky melt into darkness. Reminds me so much of the Buddhist principal of impermanence, this constant changing.
ReplyDeleteAnd your lovely words remind us that we are not separate from anything, we just think we are. We are all connected. I am reminded of the yin/yang symbol with your words, that ever shifting landscape from light to dark and back again. Such a rich post! So much to see. Delicious!
Thank you Carole... Not bad for an amateur with a Kodak Easy Share camera! I want a big girl camera! LOL. There were more photos, but I didn't want to overdo it :)
DeleteYes, so much to really *see* is right! So much beauty to wake up to. Sure is opening this heart and these eyes to a new, softer view.
"What matters is what opens us. . . " Yes! And paradox is a great "opener," isn't it. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed... And thank you...
DeleteJust LOVE the very painterly feel of these images, Christine...Being witness to the sky, to the changes of light is one of the most profound experience, I find. I always feel cracked open wide and a greater call to love and serve in love fills me. The connection to all, which you so eloquently express is always felt so close when in nature or the outdoor world, isn't it? I am so thrilled to see this beauty you've captured for us. :o) Happy Weekend ((LOVE & LIGHT))
ReplyDeleteThank you Dear Tracy! Yes! The vastness, depth and beauty of the sky surely puts everything in perspective and opens us up. I find that the twilight walks have been very emotional that way - opening this Heart more and more to the ineffable Mystery of just Being, to Life ItSelf that calls. It's also amazing how nature shows us these wonderful paradoxes and insights in a way that no book or teacher can... Lightbeams :)
DeleteHello Squirrelfriend! Thank you for the beautiful sunset! We are the light we're witnessing! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! There is nothing that isn't this Light that we are... Everything is one and the same Light. We *are* the brilliance of unlit Light... Squirrel Love :)
DeletePS - I understand that there is no separate "witnesser" witnessing. :) But I tend to not use those kinds of non-dual conundrums :)
DeleteGorgeous, Christine---and gorgeous Christine! :)
ReplyDeleteSame light, many filters. <3
Thank you Maria :) <3
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