Artist, mystic, writer, teacher
I've always been interested on the creative process itself as much as artistic outcomes. It's the magic of something from nothing. The mystery of that. The spark of inspiration that calls us to follow where it leads - one trusting step after another. The unpacking and unfolding the tender seed of an idea. In this… Continue reading The miracle of the first turtle…
For the record, posting my writing is pretty challenging for me. It's easy to create in private but to show it is a vulnerable business. I kinda squirm every time I publicly post something I've written, even this. But the reason I am posting is I've got to the point where the pain of sharing… Continue reading For the record…
We don't know what we're going to do or what's going to happen. We can only speculate. It's knowing that we don't know that's the trick. And it might be that this constitutes powerlessness. But it also amounts to freedom from the need to control. There's this deep mystery around what we 'choose' to do.… Continue reading We don’t know…
The human world is all concepts made manifest. You can't look at a human construction without recognising its conceptual basis. But what of the constructions of nature? Who's conceptions are they?
Sitting in my chair and looking out the window, the light over the valley is so beautiful that I want to grasp it, hold it, make it last. But staying open and ungrasping to fleeting beauty is an invitation to the Way. Even so, perhaps it's inevitable to feel the yearning wistfulness for it all.… Continue reading Sitting in my chair and looking out the window…
Much of our tension and contraction and clinging is a response to our inherent sense of groundlessness. Ironically, in attempting to find some firm footing we distress ourselves even more. The answer to the issue of groundlessness isn't to grasp but to let go. Clutching after unattainable certainty, security, stability, permanence, has us perpetually fearful… Continue reading Much of our tension and contraction…
I don't like cynicism. It gets over-used. It may be that sometimes its target is justified. But it rapidly becomes a blanket philosophy for life. An easy cop-out from sincerity and vulnerability. And then its just like adding poison to every meal. It's much harder but more rewarding to try to see the best in… Continue reading I don’t like cynicism…
There's not much to be said ultimately about what we should be or shouldn't be doing. Or notions like being in or out of alignment with the 'higher truth'. Ideas like sin, right action, or 'being in accord with natural law' are useful to a point. But as you approach the real state of affairs… Continue reading There’s not much to be said…
Enjoy the bliss of this Without question or need Just falling ever into it Into this No questions asked No seeking found Heavenly peace Who knows where this freefall will lead? Or what we'll encounter On this endless drop But who cares? Enjoy the ride The forever slide Helter-skelter Roller-coaster When we freefall We needn't… Continue reading Enjoy the bliss of this…
The secret is in how we 'handle' the moment. More to the point, it's about WHO and WHAT is handling the moment. Because if there's some second-guessing egoic mind trying to sort out good from bad, wanted from unwanted in every moment, then life is going to be experienced as a real pain in the… Continue reading The secret is in how we ‘handle’ the moment…