Michigan Meditation by Dean Solon

living in me
is nothing to acccomplish in this lifetime.
living in me
is there never was anything to be accomplished,
and there may never be.
i was born whole;
that there were holes to be filled
was illusion and ignorance, and
is illusion and ignorance if and when arising.
enlightenment was, is, not needed.

enlightenment was to be, is to be, not sought.
why seek, why search,
for what is, and always is, present moment?
reaching for the sky?  here is the sky.
looking for the ground, looking for the floor?
here is the ground.  here is the floor.
looking for what is real and true?
here is what is real, here is what is true..
looking for what is not-real, not-true?
here is what is not-real, not-true.

here is what you've been looking for,
where what you've been looking for always has been.

living in you
is nothing to accomplish in this lifetime.
living in you
is there never was anything to be accomplished,
and there may never be.
you were born whole;
that there were holes to be filled
was illusion and ignorance, and
is illusion and ignorance if and when arising.
enlightenment was, is, not needed.

Generosity Of Spirit by Dean Solon

gentleness with self opens to and reveals a wonderful "secret" teaching:  you are perfectly all right as you are.

you are perfectly all right as you are.

this gentleness and generosity with yourself unfolds to a feeling and to a sharing of light and warmth, of compassion and loving kindness, with other living beings. 
and so your perception of life and of the world begins to change and to expand...and so the world changes, too.

sitting in this moment...in this present and precious moment.
sitting...in this transitory
                     transparent
                     translucent
                     transcendent
                     transformative moment.
the concoction and connection already residing inside you.
the concoction and connection already and always breathing, already and always living, inside you.

New Life (Easter 2011) by Dean Solon

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.

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. 

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...

 

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.

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)