~This That Is~

Held in the goodness of family, friends, and strangers alike, for near two months I traveled.  There was music, there was laughter, there was confusion, there was beauty, there were pains, there was surprise and wonder, there was struggle, and there was trust.  All things human, moving and dancing, always bringing insight and unfolding to the eyes ready to see.

And so often I found myself.  So often I found god and spirit and mystery staring back at me, through the whispering ways of all things.  there is nothing in this world we can truly understand, and yet there is nothing estranged.  All is intimate and inclusive, yet without a center.  So full and so empty.  Ahh, my mind breaks, shatters, and falls to pieces upon entering the mystery.

So now I gaze through my window and see a cold and cloudy day, gold-bronze farm fields, lush wet grass, and trees with leaves of red, green, and gold.  Only days before I looked out upon the sun-burned chaparral, eucalyptus groves, and citrus trees.  All has changed, yet All is the same.  Here and Now, alive, aware, radiant.  Beyond understanding yet known completely. 

If only we could for one moment fully release into This That Is, we would arrive at complete peace and yet total amazement and wonder...always fresh and new, tender, yet ancient and immutable.

May we all come to see, quickly and easily, this reality, this mystery without and within, and finally begin to truly live.

EkaJoti