No Opposite

Light creates darkness.
Sight creates blindness.
Order creates chaos.

Only Tao has no opposite.

Passing Through?

Passing through
this moment
is not possible.

Only being
in this moment
is possible.

Thinking I am
somewhere else
is an illusion.

Easing the Way for All

What makes us think
we have to make others change
to our way of thinking
to protect our way of thinking?

Why do we believe
others have to believe
what we believe
to safeguard what we believe?

We each must follow our own path.
Mutual respect eases the journey
for each of us.

The Gift of Distractions

What a gift
a distraction can be.

A reminder
of the larger world
and my place in it.

And its place in me.

We Are All

We are all worthy,
but we don't see it.

We are all sacred,
but we don't know it.

We are all divine,
but we don't believe it.

Three Journeys

Climb a mountain
and see across valleys.

Swim a river
and reach new ground.

Listen in stillness
and hear the Divine.

God Was Once

God was once a man.
God was once a woman.
God was once a snake.
God was once a storm.
God was once a great fish.
God was once a burning bush.
God was once a sacred thought.
God was once a lover.
God was once a star.
God was once a child.
God was once a mystery.
God was once a god.
God was once a terror.
God was once a killer.
God was once an ocean.
God was once a mountaintop.
God was once a door.
God was once an emptiness.
God was once the way.
God was once you and me.
And continues to be.

A Wave of Being

A stalk of grass.
Here today,
gone tomorrow.

Its life seems
as brief as a breeze.
And yet the universe
took billions of years
to bring it into being.

The least I can do
is pay attention
to its waving.

World at Work

Heavy weather drains
the skies of wind and rain.

Quakes strip the earth
of tension and imbalance.

Volcanoes rob mountains
of deep molten pressure.

Silence relieves the mind
of chatter and distraction.

Listening, Watching, Waiting

Listening for silence
is like listening for God.

Watching for light
is like watching for Grace.

Waiting for wisdom
is like waiting for Tao.

I Am Never

Asleep or awake,
I am never fully aware.

Warm or cold,
I am never fully at home.

Hungry or filled,
I am never fully satisfied.

Alone or together,
I am never fully known.

Silent or outspoken,
I am never fully heard.

Happy or grieved,
I am never fully lost.

Midnight Mindfulness

Restless sleep offers its own brand of awareness.