The Wayshower

Only Breath - RUMI [Video & Poem]

 

Only Breath

 

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu

Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East

or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not

composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or in the next,

did not descend from Adam and Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace

of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two

worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that

breath breathing human being.

From Essential Rumi

by Coleman Barks

The World of the Heart ...

 

When you have entered the world of the heart, the question of who is right or wrong with regard to belief or creed is pretty much irrelevant.

 

Wayne Teasdale (1945-2004)

Catholic monk, author and teacher

Best known as an energetic proponent of mutual understanding between the world's religions

Quotation cited in InterSpiritual Dialogue 'n Action, www.isdna.org

 

Buddha Nature: Heart of the Dharma [Video]

Just like a blossom,

bright colored,

and full of scent:

a well - spoken word

is fruitful

when well carried out.

 

 ~ Dhammapada 52

Quote of the Day....

 

I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got, But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.

~ Fra Giovanni Giocondo

 

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

 

...that your Inner Life is begging you for some attention.  Can you not hear your soul calling to you?

 

Please do not ignore this call any longer. Please do not say, "Yeah, yeah, tonight." Or..."Okay, I get it.  Starting tomorrow I will meditate every morning..."

Stop everything right this minute. If only for 90 seconds. And say hello to your soul.

Reconnect.

Touch in.

And listen to what you are trying to tell yourself.

 

Love, Your Friend.... 

Neale Donald Walsch

 

Quote of the Day....

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love.

Love has no cause, it is the astrolabe of God's secrets.

Lover and loving are inseparable and timeless.

Although I may try to describe love,

when I experience it, I am speechless.

Although I may try to write about love, I am rendered helpless. 

My pen breaks, and the paper slips away

at the ineffable place where lover loving and loved are one.

Every moment is made glorious by the light of Love.

 

~ Rumi

 

Dad ~ Happy "Celebration" Day

My Dad - his early years with the F/V Lucky Star

Kodiak, Alaska (1968?)

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
The Wind in the Willows
Rat, Ch. 1.

Horace O. Simmons of Prescott, Ariz., and Vancouver, Wash., passed away on June 11, 2009, at age 63 after a courageous battle with ALS. He was born in Boulder, Colo., attended school in Texas and lived in Alaska, Oregon, California, Washington and Arizona.

As a young man, he lived for several years in the back-country of Alaska, and later worked for many years as a commercial fisherman in Kodiak, Alaska. As the Director of the Kodiak Area Native Housing Authority, he oversaw the construction of dozens of new houses for the local Native American population.

Horace became the principal of a software consulting firm, and later became a clinical hypnotherapist, serving several years as president of the Oregon Hypnotherapy Association.

Horace is survived by his mother, Helen Simmons; his children, Tina, Selina, Anthony and Christine; siblings Ruth Anne and John; and beloved friend Vicki Nier.

Thank you for your loving care...

Miss you lots! 

Selina

Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet [excerpt]

Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

— Khalil Gibran (The Prophet)

Enough... Poem by David Whyte

Enough

Enough. These few words are enough.
If not these words, this breath.
If not this breath, this sitting here.

This opening to the life
we have refused
again and again
until now.
Until now

David Whyte, Where Many Rivers Meet

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