Travelers

 It's our conversation - grown reverent through distance. We cast our steps as prayers and delight in the holiness of answers given as earth and air. It takes a deeper listening. Practice. Surrender. Yet the world is large. And we are travelers.

Peace,

Eric

Story

It's not just the running - it's the moment to moment contact of steps to ground and air against flesh. It's the story of this connection as told through motion. Running is the means of our expression. We can run, walk or simply sit and gaze at passing clouds - the story itself will insist on being told.

Peace,

Eric

It's The Promise Of Every Run

Running is its own distinct thing. Devotional and prayer like in its deepest practice - distance runners find absorption in the details of their run. At a certain point steps and earth meet in a third existence belong to their common ground. It's here where everything merges. We experience an intimate connection with our surroundings and find a seamless flow breath and air - the infinite literally drawn within our bodies. These are fleeting moods bestowed by grace and nature - a whim urged by the consistency of our steps. Yet we know they're here and might at anytime be given. It's the promise of every run.

Peace,

Eric

It's Not Complicated

Our running life is simplified - needs are met and steps continue. Distance clarifies the mind by necessity. Our interior world is matched by our pursuits. We seek space in order to roam between crowds of thought and people. Our minds and steps are seamless in their expansion. From here - there are no complications.

Peace,

Eric

Karmic Running

Each run is a new beginning as well as the continuation of steps that came before - we are karmic motion in process of becoming the runner we truly are. We don't seek perfection. Only revelation. Karma is the end result of every action - our life is layered by the past and our true existence is buried deep in delusion. Distance provides the runner with the template of a fresh horizon. Our last step doesn't weigh us down but propels us to this new position. We have power of choice and that alone leads to freedom. That alone is our revelation. Karma is transcended by awareness of the present moment and the grace of steps to come. Run free.

Peace,

Eric

Imagination

In truth there is no distance - just an extension of self as yet unexamined by mind or steps. Running is a game of illusions - the infinite nature of our inner world projected to a measured length. We allow distance to unfold and simply follow in the wake of imagination.


Peace,
Eric

Embracing Doubt

There is room for doubt - our minds are stretched through distance and this spaciousness allows for all things to pass unopposed. Thoughts of doubt carry no weight. Yet even so we recognize their passage and the gift left in their wake - nothing is taken for granted. Doubt serves as a tool for mindfulness. What could we do within this moment to better serve ourselves? This is no less true for life than it is for running. There is a gift and something to learn in each moment and every step.

Peace,

Eric