Reality

There is one ultimate reality - spirit. The realm of the immaterial is the ground of our existence and all things physical spring forth from this fertile ground. We witness this daily and it's a miracle and yet we have taken this for granted to the point that we seldom if ever consider it. Think of this - the essence of an oak tree is contained within an acorn. We can open an acorn and find nothing that resembles the promise of a century old oak tree. Yet it's there -immaterial. Waiting for the right conditions to become a mighty oak. That's reality. And it's our reality. We too have an unseen promise. And the conditions are right for us to blossom. It begins with the thought...I Am.

Peace,
Eric

The Cloak

We dance before the moon.

Naked in all but our
desires -

And these...we use to
cloak ourselves.

~

 

We are carried by

desire -

far and distant from our home or

again a true desire...followed to the

heart of God.

 

Only we may choose.

 

 

Our true desire is to know ourselves as God. To return again as creation to the fingertips of the Creator. To remember we never really left the Garden. Our senses are the gateway - yet not the destination. Enter - yet enter fully. And leave yourself behind.

 

 

Peace,

Eric

Lesson From Talk Radio

 

“I, you, he, she, we
In the garden of mystic lovers,
these are not true distinctions.”
― Rumi

 

 

 

~

I have taken to listening to talk show radio in the afternoons while I'm driving. These are predominately Right Wing programs that are speaking to their audience. They're not looking to convert. Of course I'm not looking to be converted. I'm decidedly not Right Wing. I guess I would be categorized as Left Wing - yet I would prefer to think of myself as without a political label. Or any label for that matter. But I am labeled and I label others. It's how we define our world. But what of we didn't? What if we viewed the world as Rumi did? Is it possible? I noticed as I was listening to a radio pundit and his guest today that they kept referring to Liberals as they, and them, as in  -' the problem with them' and "they just don't understand". And of course I thought - no, it's them that doesn't really get it". And so goes the problem. It's our distinctions that get us into trouble - Right and Left. We are neither. We are Americans. Strip that away - and we are Earthlings. Go farther and we are joined spirit of immaterial light that even the worlds most powerful microscope could not discern a glimpse of separation. We have entered the garden of mystic lovers.

 

Peace,

Eric

Contact

This touch...

Air conforming to the
curve of our
existence.

The world breathing slight
against the skin.

And subtle fingers play as the wind...a brush so
slight it lingers as a sigh.

This holy contact.

Space making love to
what it defines.

While receiving what we
offer in return.

 

 

~

 

 

 

There is nothing that's

beyond us.

We touch all that we gaze and beyond in the

infinite reach of imagination.

And this contact - made holy still - by the

world in its caress against us.

 

 

 

Peace,

Eric


To Forget My Name

  I wish to fall asleep
With your name
Hanging from
My lips –

And to wake within an instant
When my own name is
Forgotten.

And the dawn holds only you.

 

~

 

There is power in a name - reality gathers to the

immaterial and forms solid its

illusion.

Once -we were endless in

our reach and then called we became the

gathering of the infinite in a

finite space.

Yet still we are not so far from home.

The infinite calls us by our

true name -

answer. 



Receiving

I come to the page - today, everyday - for the
taste of words given silent to thought and
tongue and left on the empty
grace of a page
receiving

Yoga

Yoga has been a big part of my life for decades now - I have attended classes but consider myself mainly self-taught from books and videos. A few years ago I went to Bikram Yoga (hot yoga) 6-7 days a week for over 5 months straight after my kettlebell workouts and a run. I enjoyed it but as my focus was on kettelbell sport at the time the length of class became an issue and I felt my focus would be better served with returning to home yoga and shorter sessions for overall recovery and health. With the ultra running I'm in the same boat as before - I don't feel that I can shift my focus to longer yoga classes while training for an upcoming 100 mile event. None the less yoga is a mainstay in my training plan and lately I have been exploring a bit more of Ashtanga Yoga also known by some as Power Yoga. My main focus has been on the Sun Salutation for recovery after my workout or run -

 

 

Here is an excellent tutorial for beginning the Sun Salutation. This is a little more "dynamic" then my normal practice of the Sun Salutation but I'm enjoying it and it doesn't seem to be cutting into my recover at all at this time. I plan on expanding  my practice through the upcoming days and perhaps take a class for a little more hands on instruction. I definitely believe that some form of yoga should be included in all athletes training plans and Ashtanga focuses as much on the spiritual as physical bring a much needed balance to an athletes life. It's worth a try.

 

Peace,

Eric