From Quiet Depths

From quiet depths: 

it's the morning itself that inspires, hours before sunrise, a deep is hush present, holy, and any sound that seeps through has a seamless feel to it - as if brought forth from quiet depths and offered as a single note within an infinite song. I am called to listen, waking early for just this purpose, simply to sit within these quiet depths and hear my own inspired song of mantra, breath and heartbeat. 

this too has a seamless feel.

I am often asked what meditation offers, to list the benefits and answer if it's worth the effort. Many friends will tell me that they've tried and failed with their own practice, distracted by their thoughts or inability to focus. There are a few awakening friends who urge me to surrender my practice and just allow my own conscious expression to emerge. But here's the thing - it takes no effort to sit in silence, my focus is free of concern, unhindered by any idea or object. I have no interest in being enlightened, or awakening to anything outside this single point of inspiration. 

listening, from quiet depths...

and the entire world is heard. 

what more could my morning offer? 

so it's enough for me, sitting, listening, not interrupting the softness of these early hours with any demands or expectations. I am not a seeker through effort nor by practice, from quiet depths I've found what's ever present, inescapable, intimate to the very moment of my listening.  

I hear my own awakening...

playing as a present song. 

~

Peace, Eric