maren in the sky

Autumn: Ruby kites and Tibetan Skydancers

Like the aroma of a rich Merlot

fiery red autumn leaves

covering the muddy earth,

ringing in transformation

and renewal

while seemingly

preparing

for winter’s sleep.

A little bit of

watching one’s breath,

enjoying the simple,

elegant movements

of Qi Gong,

practising

mindfulness & equanimity.

Sometimes

Bonjour Tristesse,

other times pure

sat chit ananda!

We are the ones

we’ve been waiting for,

said the Hopi,

guarding our

precious earth

instead of robbing it.

All a sleight of hand,

this witness and its

witnessed world

and yet,

as pure seeing

while flowing with

life’s precious stream,

present in this

infinite now,

fully embodied

balance paired

with

present trust

and all binds

magically together

as an eternal melody

of beauty and light,

flowing over,

pouring out

its tender perfume

of soulfulness.

Enjoy this powerful poem by Steven Taylor

Forget the Past

Forget the past

It’s just a dream you keep alive by dreaming

A balloon that wants to hit the ground and burst

But which you keep afloat by thinking.

The past is only a tail

You keep dragging behind you

Collecting dust and dirt

Until it’s so heavy with bitterness and regret

It stops you moving forward.

You don’t have to sit there and watch

While the scenes of your past play back

The tragi-comedy of your life

Simmering with hurt and envy

Shuddering with embarrassment

Stabbing yourself with pangs of regret.

There is no past

There are only memories of events

And every memory is refracted through

A hall of mental mirrors

Until whatever once was true

Dissipates and disappears

Like vapour trails fading in the sky.

So cut the tail, and cut the tale

Turn the mental projector off

Don’t strain your eyes trying to see through the fog

When the panorama of the present stretches

Clear and bright around you.

For more of Steven’s amazing work, please see

http://www.steventaylor.talktalk.net/poems.htm

Special thanks to Matthew King @ www.nondualityamerica.wordpress.com for introducing me to Steven’s work!

Heavenly Delight

You came

from the Milky Way,

me, from the Pleiades,

same, same.

We fell onto earth

one distant echo

ago

yet remain

awake

to our

boundless

freedom

and openness.

Infinity dancing

blissfully

in the streets

as powerful

shooting stars

forever

nestled in the

heavenly embrace

of THIS

that cannot

be described

but gathers momentum

right here and now,

playing on earth

through sharing

Love-

giving of yourself,

sparkly, fresh,

tender and

passionately

melting to life’s

every

beautiful

expression,

magical,

heavenly delight.

To all dear veiled goddesses and heros out there…

As above, so below. I AM THAT I AM. On earth, the I Am presence is veiled as a ‘path,’ be it linear as oftentimes for men or circular as oftentimes for women…Yet the path is THIS, too, and fully embraced and tended to each present now-moment, lights up the way through divine fusion.

Enjoy:)

Enjoy this glorious poem by dear poet and author Alan Jacobs

PEARL FISHING

The laser beam of finely honed attention
Dives inwards, breath and thought restrained,
Searching for the source of ‘phantom me’.
…
It cuts though all the sheaths and veils
Of habits, thought forms and selfish will
Made over many adventurous lives.

The Pearl Fisher finds nothing on the floor
Of his deep interior ocean bed,
‘Til one day his mind falls in his Heart.

He finds his ‘ego source’ and touches her.
Suddenly she topples and then drops down;
His binding knot’s been cut for ever more!

To enjoy more of Alan’s beautiful, lucid writings-the best of nonduality and mysticsm-, please visit

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=758922918#!/pages/Alan-Jacobs-PoetWriterAuthor/71389259263

I just ordered his exquisite book ” Mastering Music Walks The Sun-lit Sea” which is available here:

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Music-Walks-Sunlit-Sea/dp/190651089X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287433383&sr=1-1

Pure Seeing

Whatever arises

does so now, here,

grace to Pure Awareness,

perceivable only

as many “times”

as attention was

denied, ignored or

put elsewhere

than

resting as this

Heart of

Pure Awareness.

So many chances

each day

to look directly

at what arises.

No need to go back

to old stories,

attachments, wounds,

conditioning.

Just pure seeing,

then directing

attention

to the subtle witness

that projects

these images

onto the movie screen

one by one

until only

pure seeing

remains

in this dream

of otherness,

lucid dreaming

through

Grace’s wakeful

Heart present-ness.

The subtle witness

and its myriad arisings,

no matter what their form,

appearance, appeal, resistance,

always one and the same,

both void of

intrinsic reality,

empty in and of themselves

as Pure Awareness

is All.

Embracing them

via pure seeing,

their sting

peacefully dissolves,

the little wave

surrenders onto the shore

and knows itself

as water again as

the sun ray is

representative of

all pervading

Light

shining

as Heart Awareness

only,

right here,

right now

where clouds

seemed to veil

our eternal

Light.

Another absolute treasure from dear Katie Davis

Dear friends, I just read up on dear Katie Davis’ beautiful blog and found yet again such a gem that this entire heart would like to share Katie’s lucid writing.

In this particular post, once more she leaves no stone unturned and addresses subtle beliefs that often times are collectively agreed to in Non Duality, yet can be such subtle traps that they easily get overlooked.

Bravo for this uncompromising clarity written from pure Heart Being as always, dearest Katie!

Lots of Love and Thanks from your Maren ♥

http://www.awakebykatie.blogspot.com/

Katie’s main beautiful site is www.katiedavis.org and from there, you’ll be led to her other extensive, helpful work, enjoy!