Picture found on the Internet.
A delicate Balance exists,
In perception of all duality.
In Awareness, discern,
The Real from the Unreal.
Sitting close, no measure of distance
Over the distance, we are almost One.
Our Fullness, keeps alive all relationships
Our Emptiness, kills potential relationships.
Eyes Closed, dream
Eyes Open, manifest Reality.
Knowing the Extremities
Walk not, along the edges edge.
Best, Journey in Equilibrium.
1. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! To all my friends who celebrate.
2. I haven’t written a ttt in a long while, not because I don’t have thoughts but because I was lazy.
3. I couldn’t get through those history books about Korea and the “Tale of Genji”.. I returned them without reading all the pages. Been in that mode where I couldn’t sit continuously for more than ½ hour and even that had something else to do.
4. In all of my dreary, dark, rainy, cant get to all things, sleepy, cranky time, Coffee has been the most Loyal Companion… Thank you darling!
5. I was so enthused about watching the Lunar Eclipse coinciding with the solstice but when the time came, we had Clouds and the Moon wasnt seen. So well, I went to bed. Guess that was one good thing. For the first time “they who love the clouds and rain” (my children and husband) were annoyed with the clouds, they didn’t even want to consider their shapes *giggling*
6. My husband took off from work for the two weeks until New Year…It feels nice to not be in a hurry to wake up in the morning. The house looks disorderly but we are happy(except for my obsession with order), warm and have a full belly. What more could I ever want?
7. I have been watching a lot of movies. I don’t know if I will review them.. One that is worth mentioning was Aghora. I liked the set and the presentation of ideas from that time.
8. I read about the California storms, I hope all my friends there, are safe and well.
9. I have been learning to talk, read and write Korean… and am seeing how age affects the learning. Concentration - down 50%, tongue working with sounds -down 30%, Memory of what I studied- down 60% and I am so annoyed at my slow progress. But I am not giving up just yet, just need to work a little harder.
10. I have been reading a lot about the wikileaks and the opinions it has brought out. I am on the fence about it for a few reasons 1. I don’t think Officials representing us should be so unprofessional in their job. 2. When we pay our taxes, we do have a right to know how and where the money goes, how we are represented to others. 3. This is a reflection of how our microscopic world is…this is Gossip in the Large scale, which means we are getting back what we do in our individual lives.(I don’t mean all of us, I mean the majority of us) 4. I don’t think wikileaks did this out of the “goodness” of their hearts. 5. It is showing us how our government works – the manipulation done in the name of treaties and trade, the corruption of the idea of democracy and so on. I believe we are at a point in history where we will be forced to make changes to our way of thinking, living and doing. When we need to start on a different path, we need to come clean.. and right now I suspect that is what is happening… the coming clean so we can start fresh.
11. For today the sky has stopped leaking, so I am going to get out and make the best of it, while it lasts.
12. I am looking forward to the New Year. I have no idea why, hmmm.. maybe cause its coming no matter what I want *giggling*.
Thank you for reading, leaving your thoughts and for Being the ones who gently touch my life and make it more beautiful. Have a wonderful Day, wherever you are.
Peace
Rashmi.
To be an ocean
Holding the worlds tears
My own, just a few drops
A smile curves my lips
Rippling across the waters
Sending heart intended Joy
Wave after wave
Across the distant shores.
To be the sky
Enveloping the earth
With bright hued strands
Of Love, warmth and well being
Always there but unbeholden
Being a part, yet apart
At all times
Knowing itself.
To be a Tree,
Tall and Sturdy
Bending and flexing
With the winds cruising
Grounded in conviction,
An integration
Of acts and thoughts
Across a life lived well.
What bliss would it be
Finding the ocean, sky and tree
Within the confines of me.
It is eighteen months, since your leaving
Eighteen months, in unseen mourning
I eat, drink, work, sleep and wake
Keeping the pretence of a serene lake.
I refuse to cry
I know not why
Lacking courage, to ever pry.
Walking in silence outside the door
Afraid to delve into the core
Shunning thoughts that crave my voice
Watching emotions that refuse my choice.
I wait for release
Bound by time's lease
Knowing you will always be, my memories.
