Birds in tree, Wood Lake Nature Center
This morning I listened to a meditation by Jack Kornfield. In it he helped listeners focus their attention on sound and a mind
As Wide As the Sky
I love the feeling of expansiveness I get when I imagine mind as wide as the sky. Thoughts and sounds become clouds floating through a sea of consciousness. I am able to let go for awhile of worries about what is happening in our country and around the world. And I remember that the only time there really is, is now.
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
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As this fall progresses and we experience one concerning event after another I find that I need to empty my mind of worry and anxiety and let everything float like clouds floating through the sky.
Just one thought. And another. Breathing in I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out I know that I am breathing out.
Poem of the One World
This morning
the beautiful white heron
was floating along above the water
and then into the sky of this
the one world
we all belong to
where everything
sooner or later
is part of everything else
which thought made me feel
for a little while
quite beautiful myself.
— Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings
If you too, are struggling with the events taking place in our world, try imagining your mind as wide as the sky. Let your worries and thoughts scud through your wide sky mind like clouds. Focus on one breath, then the next.
Have a lovely Sunday friends.
May you walk in beauty.
Note: These are some of the photos I made while I was taking my “stay-cation” and not writing blog posts. They are from several different parks and trails.
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