The Gift of Wandering
Wandering
In the cool rain
i happened upon a red maple
her girth covered by life
i browsed the billowing mosses
and the intracolored lichen
mazes and textures
of living mandalas
such intricate webs of beauty
all interconnected
this beauty
more than any painting
or cathedral
dancing here with me
in the kaleidoscope of Now
stillness lies the mind
goalless and joyful
come dance here with me
in enculturated thinking
we are controlling, moving so fast, not flowing
we have no idea what it means to wander
and in this
our minds are fragmented and stuck
born into conditional love
we splinter ourselves off as children
thinking there are parts that my parents and teachers
like in me
and parts they don’t
we are taught that there is something wrong in us
and so separation and insecurity is born.
From this root trauma, we search and cling
see warring comes from insecurity
a hunger for power and wealth
that will never quench
the emptiness those following that path are trying to fill
we run and run, creating drama
which feeds our cultural system of dysfunction
until the system is dismantled
freed from within oneself
drama, conflict, and war will be the cultural reality
Instead
leap into the emptiness
with me
heal with love
stop and pause
question and dig in
let thoughts flow out
until they quiet on their own
and then see
see there is
- no need for war
- for environmental destruction
- for drama…
here in the stillness, the deep quiet of emptiness
you shall wander the open roads
you shall wander in such a deep presence
that the universe will bring you to
right where you need to be
right here
right now
here
you shall see the sacred
for you are the sacred
you are the universe
there is no separation
see
that one is the immeasurable wholeness
that flows through
all
and you see
you have precisely what you need
already right here
right now
Slowing down
wandering with no direction
trusting in what is
you will notice the incredible beauty all around you
and may discover upon a tree
a living micro-ecosystem
that is beyond definitions
and here
beauty and love flow like light
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