a meeting and merging of vision with precision and a big sky view.
an experiencing of the whole shebang in its infinite variety and definitive exactitude.
this...
is seeing what is and what is to be without attaching to outcome or addicting to process (and performance).
is living wthout limits, living with restraint (and integrity).
is living with all seeming paradoxes and without confusion.
this...
is a path requiring practice and purpose, and humility.
is a way of walking as shaman-self and as spiritual friend.
is a journey of participating in time and space without adhering to time and space.
is a coming to personal realizatiom and liberation, to awakening and enlightenment, and is a coming to compassion for all living beings, in any and every form and expression.
this...
is offering and receiving gentleness with oneself.
is attaching no importance to any of all of this.
this...
is being here and now, and being anywhen and everywhere.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Earth Day by Dean Solon
one hand on the earth.
one hand on the earth, which grounds us, supports us, graces us with life and with presence.
one hand resting on the earth, provider of sustenance, provider of constant companionship during all the moments of our being alive, here.
sitting quietly on the earth, breathing, breathing, feeling a resonating, feeling a connecting and a connection.
sitting quietly, here, now, every day an earth day.
sitting quietly, witnessing the mystery of this, offering gratitude for this.
sitting quietly, one hand on the earth.
one hand on the earth, which grounds us, supports us, graces us with life and with presence.
one hand resting on the earth, provider of sustenance, provider of constant companionship during all the moments of our being alive, here.
sitting quietly on the earth, breathing, breathing, feeling a resonating, feeling a connecting and a connection.
sitting quietly, here, now, every day an earth day.
sitting quietly, witnessing the mystery of this, offering gratitude for this.
sitting quietly, one hand on the earth.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
A Reminder, A Review by Dean Solon
what each of us is seeking, is always here, has always been here. the light shines in you and through you, the warmth radiates in you and through you. as you proceed on the life journey, an openness and a spaciousness unfolds, and a place of centering becomes "available" to you. this place, this space, includes experiences of feeling you are waking up, includes experiences of feeling connected and connecting, includes experiences of being saved (of feeling "i was lost, and now, i'm found").
what each of us is seeking, is always here, has always been here. you are a jewel. you are a jewel...in a sea of jewels. your experience of living, of being, becomes more in and of the present moment, allowing a possibility of more sensitivity, more intensity, and---thank God---more patience, more tolerance, and more humor with your own predicament, and with the predicamant of others.
what you are seeking, is always here, has always been here. like all other human beings, you are never more than a moment away from awakening into clarity, bliss...
enlightenment.
let's sit with this...
be with this...
what each of us is seeking, is always here, has always been here. you are a jewel. you are a jewel...in a sea of jewels. your experience of living, of being, becomes more in and of the present moment, allowing a possibility of more sensitivity, more intensity, and---thank God---more patience, more tolerance, and more humor with your own predicament, and with the predicamant of others.
what you are seeking, is always here, has always been here. like all other human beings, you are never more than a moment away from awakening into clarity, bliss...
enlightenment.
let's sit with this...
be with this...
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Poetry by Dean Solon
the universe is poetry, and we who are humans find poetry demanding, and difficult to process and understand.
we feign ignorance, pretend to be asleep, because we are hiding...we are running [away]...we are addicting to drugs or drama.
we are anxious that we will be found, will be discovered, will be judged harshly
OR will be re-awakened and be reminded
AND will remember who we are:
magicians in a world of magic,
each of us with wands, casting spells and uttering oaths
and waking up princesses and princes from deep sleeps
to remember who they are:
prophets, shamans, teachers, poets,
so that they---we---may understand the universe,
which is poetry.
we feign ignorance, pretend to be asleep, because we are hiding...we are running [away]...we are addicting to drugs or drama.
we are anxious that we will be found, will be discovered, will be judged harshly
OR will be re-awakened and be reminded
AND will remember who we are:
magicians in a world of magic,
each of us with wands, casting spells and uttering oaths
and waking up princesses and princes from deep sleeps
to remember who they are:
prophets, shamans, teachers, poets,
so that they---we---may understand the universe,
which is poetry.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
The Words Of Shantideva by Dean Solon
"May the fearful become fearless;
May those oppressed by grief find joy;
May those who are anxious
Be rid of their anxiety and feel secure.
May health come to the sick;
May they be free from every bondage;
May those who are weak find strength,
Their minds tender towards each other.
As long as space remains,
As long as sentient beings remain,
Until then, may I too remain
And help dispel the miseries of the world."
(Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter X)
May those oppressed by grief find joy;
May those who are anxious
Be rid of their anxiety and feel secure.
May health come to the sick;
May they be free from every bondage;
May those who are weak find strength,
Their minds tender towards each other.
As long as space remains,
As long as sentient beings remain,
Until then, may I too remain
And help dispel the miseries of the world."
(Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter X)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
In The Loop by Dean Solon
sitting...with the web.
with a web, extending outwards into the furthermost reaches of the Great Big Sky universe. with a thread, connecting all expression and forms of the cosmos, gossamer-like lattice linking everything and every one.
each of us a piece, a portal, a presence. each of us tuning in and tuned in. each of us in the mix, each in the flow, each of us in the loop. the web, a thread connecting, linking, all that is...as Mind, as Consciousness, as White Light, as Sensitivity, as Being.
seeing it, feeling it, being it, now. present-moment alertness and awareness of the web---THIS web of being---now.
being awake to and with and as the web not-limiting to some future moment or to some distant lifetime; seeing this, feeling this, being this...now.
space-time continuum, as the nearly infinite rays of the sun, unfolding, converging, presenting, here, now.
you in the flow, you in the loop. you are the flow, you are the loop. you are the web, you are the thread. you are a piece, a portal, a presence.
you a presence in a vast, expansive and expanding, nearly-infinite ocean of Presence.
sitting, some indeterminate time later, with a vow of intention:
"As long as space endures
As long as sentient beings remain
May i too abide
And dispel the miseries of the world"
(Shantideva)
with a web, extending outwards into the furthermost reaches of the Great Big Sky universe. with a thread, connecting all expression and forms of the cosmos, gossamer-like lattice linking everything and every one.
each of us a piece, a portal, a presence. each of us tuning in and tuned in. each of us in the mix, each in the flow, each of us in the loop. the web, a thread connecting, linking, all that is...as Mind, as Consciousness, as White Light, as Sensitivity, as Being.
seeing it, feeling it, being it, now. present-moment alertness and awareness of the web---THIS web of being---now.
being awake to and with and as the web not-limiting to some future moment or to some distant lifetime; seeing this, feeling this, being this...now.
space-time continuum, as the nearly infinite rays of the sun, unfolding, converging, presenting, here, now.
you in the flow, you in the loop. you are the flow, you are the loop. you are the web, you are the thread. you are a piece, a portal, a presence.
you a presence in a vast, expansive and expanding, nearly-infinite ocean of Presence.
sitting, some indeterminate time later, with a vow of intention:
"As long as space endures
As long as sentient beings remain
May i too abide
And dispel the miseries of the world"
(Shantideva)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Exploring by Dean Solon
each of us encouraged
to be living a grounded and grounding life
as what is presenting is an earth-plane experience
of no ground, no floor.
each of us is born into THIS.
each of us enters into this which is mysterious and surprising, comes into this which is unexpected and unforeseen...yet somehow familiar.
each of us is born into this,
without a visible road map,
and told to explore.
exploring, it is easy to forget you are exploring.
experimenting, it is easy to forget you are experimenting.
exploring and experimenting, it may be easy to forget, in this world with a nearly infinite possibility of activities, of experiences, of dramas and of distractions...is within each of us a nearly infinite ocean of possibility.
within you is a world of mystery and surprise, is a world of awe and splendor. within you is a possibilty of experiencing connection. within you is who you were as you came into this life, and who you are now:
a being of light and warmth. a being who is, in your heart of hearts, loving and kind, compassionate and merciful, peaceful and joyful.
exploring and experimenting...holding lightly not tightly...
always awaking into this present moment,
always being born into THIS.
to be living a grounded and grounding life
as what is presenting is an earth-plane experience
of no ground, no floor.
each of us is born into THIS.
each of us enters into this which is mysterious and surprising, comes into this which is unexpected and unforeseen...yet somehow familiar.
each of us is born into this,
without a visible road map,
and told to explore.
exploring, it is easy to forget you are exploring.
experimenting, it is easy to forget you are experimenting.
exploring and experimenting, it may be easy to forget, in this world with a nearly infinite possibility of activities, of experiences, of dramas and of distractions...is within each of us a nearly infinite ocean of possibility.
within you is a world of mystery and surprise, is a world of awe and splendor. within you is a possibilty of experiencing connection. within you is who you were as you came into this life, and who you are now:
a being of light and warmth. a being who is, in your heart of hearts, loving and kind, compassionate and merciful, peaceful and joyful.
exploring and experimenting...holding lightly not tightly...
always awaking into this present moment,
always being born into THIS.
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