Acceptance

in perfect acceptance - our steps touched by

earth and air with every fall and

rise

~

It's the continuation of our touch against the earth and steps again lifted to air that brings us to completion. It's not distance. It's knowing we belong.

Peace,

Eric

Connected

we are the spread of distance - and

further still,  

we are

~

Here it is - to know ourselves at the depth of all things, to see connection from ground to step, to reach with no regard to destination. It's simple. We are not running towards or away - we are here. Connected to all things.

Peace,

Eric

Nothing Is New

as awareness - we expand past the

step now taken

there is nowhere that we are not

~

Even distance is contained within awareness - consciousness spread in measured form. Our steps cover a ground of revelation. An aspect of self given rise for us to know again. Nothing is new and yet we captivate ourselves in endless expressions.

Peace,

Eric

Once Let Go

Once let go - no steps, no distance, nothing

save the space of our

existence

~

It's all concepts - the measured world of daily living. Concepts are great for navigating certain times and events of our lives. Yet they limit the freedom we allow ourselves. Without the concept of distance - one step contains the infinite. Without the step there's just infinite space existing all at once. In letting go - we find ourselves everywhere.

Peace,

Eric

Unfold - In All Ways

we unfold as distance - expanding further

than the boundaries held

before

~

It's a painful stretch- letting go of the comfort of who we thought we always were. In truth there was nothing to hold to. Identity is based on the illusion of gathered thoughts, emotions and form. There is nothing tangible here. Our reality is in the letting go - becoming expansive in all things and all ways. Running is the metaphor of reality. One step and then let go to the faith of distance. We keep going. Always.

Peace,

Eric

Known

Distance - the ground of

our presence.

Waiting to be known.

~

Each step a revelation - an aspect of self touched on new ground. Running is an invitation to be known. Our presence expands in recognition that we are found in all things. And so every run is endless. Only awareness past the moment is paused in the illusion of a day. We will run tomorrow - once more accepting the invitation to know ourselves again.

Peace,

Eric

It's About Light

It's light - we too are the stuff of sun and stars now touched against the earth. Motion is our cast of light across the shadows edge of life. It's in seeking past illusions - through darkness - that reality is found. Light is this reality and our steps are the vehicle of its deliverance. The sun and stars simply shine - there is no seeking to be known as light. Every beam cuts through darkness. Trust each step to find its home. We too are the stuff of sun and stars.

Peace,

Eric

Not Taken

and no steps taken - but given as a blessing of

distance covered and ground

caressed

~

We are what we give  - and running is the opportunity to give ourselves away completely to the point where we are empty of all save the blessings of all the world offers.

Peace,

Eric



Greater Whole

each step at once reveled in essence as

earth and self and stride

all things greater than the

single step taken

~

Joined - and running is the revelation of this connection. A single portion is let and go revealed to be the whole. The step bares witness to the earth and in return is recognized as no less than the original dust of its becoming. Our touch upon the ground is that moment of recognition. And every step is then lifted in this continuous prayer and called a stride. All singular aspects of the greater whole.

Peace,

Eric

No Point Or Meaning

the essence of step - is

found in distance

~

Tomorrow I will move almost non-stop in a little over a one mile circle for 24 hours. Sometimes I'll run and often I'll walk. Always I will be happy. There is no point, no meaning - save to know myself as motion and distance yet covered.

Peace,

Eric

As Light

as if light -

no agenda save

expansion

and so our steps continue

~

Distance is effortless - it spreads from the still-point of our existence. We simply follow in the direction of our choosing. It's the arbitrary numbers that the ego follows that lead us to chase what's always present. Numbers are fine. Especially in races. But they don't define us. We are beyond definition. Follow joy in all its many guises. Our hearts will know the path.

Peace,

Eric

Dissolve

dissolved into

nothing -

and further still

I am

~

Allow the runner to dissolve. Be nothing save motion. And distance accumulates of its own accord.

Peace,

Eric 

Selfless

surrendered to the path - our

steps are selfless in

their falling

~

In truth we are selfless too - thoughts gathered in opinion and concepts become a reality we label as our personality. It's false. What we are I cannot say. Words are just another label. So we run - but we are not runners. Motion tells us what we are. We rest - yet we are not less for lack of motion. Stillness shows us who we are.

And so we come to understand.

Peace,

Eric

Continuous

continuous - we just emerge as

aspects of the one

not a separate self at all

but expressed in singular

wonder

~

A reach is continuous even as it finds it's destination - it's the illusion of objects kept apart by thought and vision. We believe in separation even as we sense our deep connection to all within the world. Holy scriptures tell us we are one. Science proves it as relativity. We know it in our bones. A reach is no more than an intent to join. Energies re-emerge only to the senses. So a reach finds its object and then spreads further in its endless quest to know all aspects of itself. We are reach and object. We are what continues after. This is why we run, why we travel - to reach, to know every aspect of ourselves by breath and step.

Peace,

Eric

All Directions

not beyond, distance is here - this

moment, spread in all

directions

~

Accept that we are here - and all distance spread from this moment. At once. Everywhere. And then take a single step in that direction.

Peace,

Eric

It's All Right Here

Complete in every

distance.

One step contains the whole.

~

And so it goes - one step taken and the world complete. There is no need to go farther or faster for it's all right here. We are present. Everything is present. So the miles are a bonus. Enjoy each one in the course of its passing.

Peace,

Eric

Goalless Goal

my goal - to be as the goalless

nature of the

path

always going on

~

Relax. Distance has no agenda other than expansion. Anything the mind and legs can dream of will fall short of this intention. Trust nature. Run as the infinite - expanding past our own agendas - and reaching something more.

Peace,

Eric 

Every Run Continues

already we are distance - even in the

measured steps of our

beginning

the infinite rest on the edge of

our awareness

~

Relax. No distance goes uncovered. It's the simple recognition that our presence never ends and awareness continues on forever. From this perspective - every run is just a sample of eternity.

Peace,

Eric

Just Our Imagination

Every step is an illusion - and the runner too is imagined. Only that which is aware of all our travels is real. Of course our path is believed and feels solid to our steps. Nothing we experience is diminished by reality. But what if we held these beliefs lightly? And nothing was as solid as we thought? Perhaps our steps would sense this mystery - and each run would be a gift.

Peace,

Eric

Easy

It's easy - each step a letting go. And distance

no more then the space of our

surrender.

~

One step. Surrender. Repeat. And so comes distance. 

Our Best

At our best - we are not runners. Distance

unfolds beneath our feet and

presence simply

follows

~

In our surrender - nothing happens. Reality unfolds in its perfection. It's our own interference that complicates matters. In our surrender to the emptiness that precedes expectations we join with reality. We know our own perfection. Running becomes joyous even as we endure the struggles gained through distance.

Peace,

Eric



Dissolve

my prayer - to dissolve

against the

path

and every step returned to Eden

~

To be just motion - selfless in grasp and goal. Just a traveler. In the end this is what it all amounts to. Everything else is left behind. Run for joy.

Everything else is details.

Peace,

Eric

Running As Reality

This is reality - a continuous presence from

step through distance.

There is no place we don't belong .

~

Here - presence is the abiding sense of awareness permeating all things. Existence is continuous. Seen is such there is no beginning to our run, there is no finish. There is only motion and the pause that always follows.

Peace,

Eric

The Only Goal I Know

What if our only goal was to just let go - to meet the

world without resistance.

Then every step another chance to

know our own

perfection.

~

It's that simple. Let go and simply be - we may or may not match the stories in our head with the body's own perfection. We don't have too.

We only have to run.

The rest is only details.

Peace,

Eric

Running As Surrender

each step creates a natural space of letting

go - neither earth nor air fully

claim hold

and distance spreads from this

surrender

~

Our surrender creates the space of a new becoming- one step let go becomes the stride and distance is discovered. Nothing is lost. What's real cannot be surrendered. Each step is the unfolding of the infinite. What's real is the emptiness that holds the promise of this potential.

Peace,

Eric

The Path Is Non-Attachment

I have surrendered
to your fire,
And burnt -
I come alive as nothing more
than ash.
And scattered by some Holy breeze,
I now reach every
Part
of
You.

~

We burn our attachments with every step. Fire is the metaphor of liberation and through running we burn thoughts that attach us to a single moment. Running is the breeze that allows us to touch all things against the path. It's the final realization that we are all things. The path included. In the end we are only motion in a self caress across the stillness of our essence.

Peace,

Eric

Don't Become (A Runner)

Don't become a runner. Beyond labels is the mystery of motion in all its many forms. Join with this expression.

Be all things.

And all things are possible.

Peace,

Eric

Complete

From the infinitely small - our

world expands.

One step becomes the journey.

~

Running of itself is full completion. No more is needed then a single step given to the ground or the lift that follows offered to air. That moment spreads as distance.

Peace,

Eric

Running With Less

Actually it's a continuous

letting go -

Until...

And even this we will

surrender.

~

It's distance - and everything else is a long surrender for the length we run. The race is won by the those who hold the least.

Peace,

Eric