THE STARS ABOVE

I am a convert from a cold, empty religion. The religious order I was born into is named “Science”.  “Knowledge”. It is a Credo... an ideology like any other. I was a novitiate, then a mendicant & finally a master of the analytic method. Today I have converted to a new perception. I reject the monopoly of definition. I am a convert to the Mystery. Born under the sign of the fish just after the season of the Hunter I finally understand astrology. We emerge into the time-space continuum through a portal. This co-incidence is no less valid than the co-incidence of DNA that determines who our birth-parents are. I accept all the myriad  religions as useful vessels.... ways of knowing. The water of mystery flows through the myriad openings. That’s where I choose to swim.

PARENTS

“The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.”  Confucius

I have the most beautiful parents. Dorothy. Keith. Married almost 60 years. Best Friends. Still drifting on the dappled, scintillating surfaces of this joyous life. My vision: the two of them together on Lac Archambault in the Laurentian Mountains  where they fell in love. Paddling in the moonlight. Beauty abounds. Alive in that mystery. Have you been there? Do you have a sacred space only you know about? You & your truest friend. I see my parents alone together in the moonlight & I know Paradise exists. Here & Now. I enter that stillness. Silence. Peace of heart. Peace.

LOONS

Lake.

Canoe. 

Paddle. Ripple. 

Water. Black.

                       Moon. 

Shiver.  

Cry. 

Echo.... 

                          Echo....

SELF

 Who are you? Who are you really? Once in while the veil slips & you finally see. Are you really from the world that has been presented to you as the one & only world? Is your personal narrative the one you insist on sticking with? Siddhartha was right. You cannot cling? Let go. For X’s sake let go of all those attachments. As my beautiful bride taught me. Cut the silver cord. There is an awakening that awaits each & every one of us. It does not come through passive attending. You must act. You must decide. Just say it aloud... “I wish to finally be awake” Open your eyes. Let go of the silver cord. Let the circus balloon you have dragged around all these year float free. Discover your genuine self. Discover the singularity of who you are & who you are continuous with. There is no division. There is One.  All that is required is that you finally open your eyes and awaken. Awaken. Now.

TRIANGLE

I have discovered the best friendships come in threes. I call it triangulating. Try it. Being single is being all alone. Couples... well, couples is true love I guess. Or maybe true  co-dependency. Way too much pressure. Two couples... now there is politics for you... jealousy comparison,  judgement. Five & more.... let the wild rumpus begin..... But three people together. Three friends. Check it out. That is balanced. The conversation flows. The energy flows. Take a breather. Listen. Trinity. The power of three.

FAMILY

There are two families we belong to. Our family of origin & our spirit clan. The great struggle many of us have had is balancing those two families. Our DNA uncoils. It expresses its manifest destiny & we are born. Our brothers & our sisters; our children, our parents & our ancestors... these present a sequence of links that cannot be unravelled, that lead us back into the dawn of human life here on the planet. This is solid, palpable reality. History. But our real clan lies beyond. I in no ways belittle the profound deep connection that lives in my biology. That is indelible love. I speak my truth, I am seeking my tribe.... my spirit clan. There are individuals here on the earth... here in this Universe that know me for who I am. Seek out your tribe. Seek the brothers & sisters that are connected to you spiritually. They are waiting to meet you, to bring you in to the circle. Your spirit-clan. They will make you whole. 

ORBS