Thursday, December 5, 2024

Life Goes On

Wind winds about its way
Who told it to do so?
Did it ask the leaves if they needed a good shaking?
The birds if they needed a boost in flight?
The waves if they needed help crashing?
No, it just blows.

Leaves hover over the ground.
Who told them to do so?
Did they ask the grass if it needed shade?
The beetles if they crave nourishment?
The limbs if they needed decoration?
No, they just hang.

The birds fly.
The waves crash.
The grass grows.
The beetles scavenge.
The limbs inch toward the sky.
Nobody has to tell them.
They didn't ask to do these things.
They just do them.
And life goes on.

Winds pass by.
Leaves fall.
Birds pass on.
Beetles die.
Waves calm.
Limbs become dormant.
Nobody has to tell them.
They don't ask to do these things.
They just do them.
And life goes on.



Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Deep Peace

All Being 
Transcendent of Name
Look at this
Humankind against Humankind
Humankind against Nature

They claim to know you but they can barely recognize the tip of their own nose. How ironic then that it be I who have been given this path to hold up the mirror before their eyes. Yet, my hands are far from steady.

I who sought refuge in an idea knowing within my heart of hearts that worshiping an idea was no better than laying fruits, beads, and grain down at a statue - not understanding what that image actually symbolizes. Who would have thought that an idea could even be an idol in and of itself?

I have walked the path of Your most humble servant. Letting go to discover more. More than can I could have ever imagined. Yet, in my path, I somehow manage to continue walking alone. Here am I walking out upon the water to call out for you to lend me your Almighty ear.

I now understand the Truth. A taste of Yggdrasil’s bark upon my tongue.

This is the elixir of Life. Some practitioners will stir the pot day in and day out never knowing the true ingredient that yields the immortal potency - Peace!

Yet, peace! Thou proverbial Light at the end of the tunnel for a child! Who would have guessed that finding You would have also meant walking with a mind in Heaven while sore feet traverse the pits of Hell. This is the meaning of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! It has nothing to do with a visible entity that can be named! Lao Tzu said it right when he claimed that the way is that which cannot be named! Even the Heart Sutra puts it out there that form is emptiness and emptiness is form! Those with ears - let them hear!

Yet walking through Hell is no easy street. One who has attempted to find Heaven in Hell is battered and bruised! How can one not think they are insane trodding down avenues of insanity?!?? 

And yet I heard you say, “Keep your hand to the plow! Stay the course!”

The people have heard it said by their Master, “The truth shall set you free!” But, they sold the truth for a lie! They traded Hope for Lust in their hearts. Lust for power and for glory - but none for peace. Nay, peace they yearned for but could never reach.

They were led astray to believe that they were not the rightful owners of such a Powerful No-Thing! How can they recognize that which they believe to be foreign to them: a kind of peace only to be fully realized once the tongues of Hell consumed them. And they thought that THAT was when they’d see Heaven! Such agony and despair for something they can taste today!

Peace, Love, & Joy - these words are deeper than can be described. That’s why they are so paramount yet so confused with camaraderie and earthly happiness. These are the elements of who you are! They are the truth of ether that pervades everyone across the globe. No philosopher could fully reason it and no priest could have fully express it! But, everyone sees a glimpse of it. Some call it Chi. Some call it Karma. And then some learned to transcend the Wheel of Samsara and realize that resting in Your Truth was the only way to truly see the fine points of what Peace, Love, & Joy are.

If I truly am mad then let my madness be the ship steered by the hands of Nirvana - Samadhi - Everlasting Peace - Being There. Being Here & There.

Seeing that the Wheel really does keep on turning. Shall I ride out on the fringes of the oscillation or shall abide at the Axis upon which it turns? 

Oh Peace where are you now? You are here. No more chasing the light at the end of the tunnel. Better to shine the light within through whatever course I am led on this Mighty Ocean of Life!

I hold up a glass! A toast for the Infinite Light to Shine Evermore!




Sunday, June 23, 2024

Elusive Luminaries

Lying on the surface
Its song captivates
Seekers with great purpose
The water radiates

Beckoning attention
Lonesome it may appear
Some speak with pretention
Who never do draw near

Speechless is the Hearer
Imbued with a yearning
To glimpse a beam clearer
Belly madly burning

Vestiges of footprints
Wash rapidly away
That Light in the distance
Resistant waves delay

Unfathomable Deep
The swimmer tarries on
Lamenting -  many weep
For so few reach that Dawn

Night sky transcendent
Day's shimmer evading
Shoreline evanescent
No more contemplating

Moonlight-cast silhouette
Bleakly spied from ashore
Who hasn't got their feet wet
Who chased this Cosmic door?

-JS

 


 























Saturday, December 17, 2022

Healing Dance of our Universe


God within you Goddess within me

That you dance with me is my plea

Connect with me so we may See

Breathe with me, Be with me


In you and in me, deep inside

A safe place to rest, to hide

I saw your hurt and cried 

I know how hard you’ve tried


Love, tear down that wall

For protection you’ve built it tall

And I’ve been climbing, afraid to fall

Can you hear my heart’s call?


I know it’s not that simple 

But let me be your temple


All these years I’ve been afraid

That you and I would fade

I found my losses weighed

What a hefty price I’ve paid


Feeling lost, I stopped to sit 

The mushrooms felt it

So they pondered a bit

And our love they Knit


I feel Earth’s embrace

Yet death isn’t the case

I search you with haste

Love, show me your face


Pick up that beautiful stone

And also that bone

Nature is our home

And life’s ours to roam


In our beginning, you saved me with conviction

We tried but failed at total synchronization 

But then we found through experimentation 

That ever flowing Love was the healing Potion


Who I was, don’t forget Her

Nor who you were, good sir

Throw it all in and stir

Take with me the elixir 


Everything’s been as it should

We’d only misunderstood

Removing the blinding hood

We learned - it felt so good


Sage spread by feather

We come together 

Our hearts we tether

May this love last Forever 


- NS


Immaculate Hinterland

I know of a place
Untapped by the masons’ pickaxe
Uncharted by the cartographer

I know a place
Trees safe from the lumberjack
Beasts uncaged by the zookeeper

I know a place
Reeds free from the musician’s knife
Clouds clear from the manufacturer 

I know a place
Where they all turn to
Where personhood is left in abeyance

I know a place
Where time is infinite 
Weaving yesterday into tomorrow

I know a place
Unseen, untouched, unheard of
A place that makes All One

- JS











Life Goes On

Wind winds about its way Who told it to do so? Did it ask the leaves if they needed a good shaking? The birds if they needed a boost in flig...