Sunday, September 21, 2014

09.21.14

No sooner said.

Universe,  I just love you.

Mindblown.

Show up [for life] ready to have a good time.

What you give reverberates right back.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

a realization.

as i grow older, the appeal of having my mind 'blown' steadily decreases.

i do not know whether this is good or bad.  it is probably, like most things, a little of each, and probably also necessary, natural and inevitable.  but what do i know?

regardless of anything else, it is.

Friday, September 19, 2014

09.18.14

And in the end, it is our empirical senses, relegated to near disuse as a result of our species' preoccupation with what we can tell and be told, that will save each one of us.

Whether we see the faintest shimmering, hear the most delicate harmonies, feel the most mellow vibrations- whatever be our gift- when we understand, through direct physical perception, the smallest nature of things, we cannot help but begin to study these simplest of pieces, in the most fundamental sense of the word, until one day we are brave enough to join their subtle movement.  The initial sensation is overwhelming.

In time, we realize that we- our unique color, sound, vibration- affect the whole experience.  We, universally, are a Rubik's cube of parts, and one move requires a seemingly endless string of others in order to reattain "right" configuration.  Yet eventually we begin to see that this sequence of events which seemed ceaseless and overwhelming is in fact predictable.  Ultimately, one reaches the impossibly mind-blowing conclusion that he understands, in each moment, the way each of his expressions will impact the entire vision, song, sensation.

In that moment, he is a master of the game.

Sunday, September 07, 2014

09.07.14

In Taoism, the basic principles of yin-yang theory are as follows:
  1. Yin-Yang are opposites
    They are either on the opposite ends of a cycle, like the seasons of the year, or, opposites on a continuum of energy or matter. This opposition is relative, and can only be spoken of in relationships. For example: Water is Yin relative to steam but Yang relative to ice. Yin and Yang are never static but in a constantly changing balance.
  2. Interdependent: Can not exist without each other
    The Tai Ji (Supreme Ultimate) diagram shows the relationship of Yin & Yang and illustrates interdependence on Yin & Yang. Nothing is totally Yin or totally Yang. Just as a state of total Yin is reached, Yang begins to grow. Yin contains seed of Yang and vise versa. They constantly transform into each other. For Example: no energy without matter, no day without night. The classics state: "Yin creates Yang and Yang activates Yin".
  3. Mutual consumption of Yin and Yang
    Relative levels of Yin Yang are continuously changing. Normally this is a harmonious change, but when Yin or Yang are out of balance they affect each other, and too much of one can eventually weaken (consume) the other.
    Four (4) possible states of imbalance:
    1. Preponderance (Excess) of Yin
    2. Preponderance (Excess) of Yang
    3. Weakness (Deficiency) of Yin
    4. Weakness (Deficiency) of Yang
  4. Inter-transformation of Yin and Yang.
    One can change into the other, but it is not a random event, happening only when the time is right. For example: Spring only comes when winter is finished.
(Reference: http://www.sacredlotus.com/theory/yinyang.cfm. Accessed September 8, 2014)

It strikes me that love and fear are sometimes much the same.  I have long considered the two opposites, but I cannot help but notice that it seems difficult to have one without the other arising.  Love, it seems to me, inevitably results in anxiety, as one finds him or herself stuck between fear of something ending and the simultaneous fear that it will never end.

Perhaps peace comes only when we surrender to the flow.  It seems that fear is almost always rooted in projections about the future, often based on the past.  Love, on the other hand, occurs in real time, moment to moment.

In my best moments, I concentrate on loving.  Experience thus far suggests that if I can only do this, there is nothing to fear. 

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

To ensure that fear is not stealthily steering you:

Celebrate what does become reality based on the choices you do make rather than what does not become reality based on the choices you do not make.