dear ones…
once you have seen
the Divine
everywhere
there is no going back
every bush is burning
the vast sea opens for you
birds sing with the voice
of a thousand angels
their song of Heaven
flowers
they bloom under your every step
all of nature holds court
bearing witness
to the beauty of such Love
to Life
and every heart is then
recognized as home to
The Beloved
by jaysen matthew waller
©2012, Jaysen Matthew Waller
i have seen God everywhere
in trees, dancing with wind that whispers and roars
in the eyes of my friends, and in waves crashing on shores
where there was once a single flame, i now see Rising Sun
where there was once morning dew, i see an Ocean of One
where can my heart hide from The Beloved?
by jaysen matthew waller
©2012, Jaysen Matthew Waller
Our practice continues off the cushion, not just in our contemplation, but in every action that follows. It reminds me of when I went to church as a kid and they would remind us that it wasn’t just a “Sunday thing”…True practice lives in every moment and so does the possibility of awareness and enlightenment.
~ j
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” ~ Chinese proverb
there are many running around shouting, “Truth, Truth!” let them shout.
the only truth is Love, dear ones.
you are beautiful, your love is beautiful. it may take a while for the world to catch up to such beauty. you’re doing your part, the Sacred work of just by being Present and continuing to live in Love. let the rest falter in their folly. Love will open their hearts in time. who can contend with Love?
take heart, have peace…or become a vegetarian 😉
namaste ~ j
“Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.”
~ Jack Kornfield
…far from indifference, letting go is about being spacious and at ease, even as we are actively engaged with Life. i think it speaks to a trust of Life and Love as something vast. something that is the very ground upon which we stand. a place where we don’t have to be defensive or reactive, rather we can be in a state of mind where we can choose the way we want to act…hopefully without harming or adding to the suffering of this world.
namaste
~ j
a letter to Aurora…
to all those who are suffering from this horrific tragedy in Aurora, our prayers are with you. to all those who are suffering from their own personal tragedies in this life, our prayers are with you. we are connected in our suffering, in our pain, in our confusion as to how such violence can occur. we are connected in these dark moments of life, where our hearts break and our minds spin with emotion, we are connected in our sense of loss as life seems to have lost all that is good.
it is important to feel these emotions, to sit with these emotions. to be where we are at, to grieve. so many of us, in our confusion, our pain, our anger are running from this horrible event. it isn’t easy to sit with tragedy, to be awake with suffering. it is far easier (and even feels good to have some brief relief) to blame. to blame the existence of guns, to blame a broken system, to blame a single individual who has forgotten what it means to be human, to be connected in life and love. and there too, we connect. we connect into groups with missions and we feel some brief relief as we find a place to place our anger, our pain, our suffering…forgetting our truer connection, that we are One.
but there is another way we are connected. we are connected in our Light, in our Love, in Life.
so as we sit in this darkness, in this night of tragedy and pain, let us look to Aurora itself. Aurora means “dawn”…the coming of day. that sacred, beautiful time when the night moves from twilight to day.
there is pain here. there is confusion and anger. but, my friends, there is also hope. the day will come again and with it the sun, shining bright the light of love and life. the Light that lives in all of us – both passed and still present, and the Love that connects us – whether we have passed or are present, whatever may come.
wishing peace and freedom from suffering for us all.
namaste ~ j
Friday, July 20th 2012
so many angry
faces scrunched on the tv
but the moon still shines!
by jaysen matthew waller
©2012, Jaysen Matthew Waller
searching
searching
we all search
for Love
Wake Up!
Love is
the broken gift
in the corner
waiting
for you
to
make it Whole
by jaysen matthew waller
©2012, Jaysen Matthew Waller
a meditation ~
“Aware of your own breathing, connecting to each present moment. Breathing in, breathing out. These moments, each moment, is a reminder that we are alive. The person next to us is alive, the tree reaching for the sun is alive, the bird singing her song is alive, and we together with them are Life. Aware of that, we are also aware that we are never alone, but are always surrounded by Life.”
~ j
The Metta Garden 