appreciation

have you thanked the ground
you walk on?
the padding on your feet?
the air that's always there (we think)?

appreciation for the space
in which you move,
swing your arms,
ride your bike,
watch the geese fly

remnants of cloth,
thank God, things decompose
to compose
again and again
and again
and again...

isn't it something
what can grow out of garbage?

isn't is something
that there is no garbage?

just the stuff
imagination is made of,
and not even
that?

clarity

Clarity
can only see
the kiss,
the mercy,
the gift.

it cannot see
loss--
the interpretation
of loss
in any form

a child cries
to have the scissors
taken away,
but who is it for?

the loving parent,
clarity,
removes
the child from
harm's way

it knows toys
will never make
a man rich

bare bones
light as a feather

the naked truth
hides no "imperfection"
that it's perfection
is seen

imperfection--a joke

how can it possibly be
that the ocean
could produce a deformed wave?!

it just isn't possible

who is this joker
that would prove it so?

touch

let me but touch
the taut string,
the knotted muscle

it is transformed
IN the touch

i am here,
you are not alone,
it can breathe once more,
it can relax,
it can start even to hum,
a very quiet hum

it starts to slacken
with this attention,
it responds

i see you,
i hear you,
i feel
your rigid stance

i am here for you

in this simple observation,
the tactile connection,
is the elimination of the gap--
the space
between myself
and my Self

wellness

but i must make contact.

to love myself
is to contact myself

are you in your list
of contacts?

do you “rate”

up there with “them”?

i worked with a woman yesterday
who could not find it in her
to want to be with herself

let me touch
even this

Home

do not worship images;
they will fail you

not one can give you anything

what is the message
you put into the image's mouth,
hand, eyes, heart?

does she shake her fist at you
or does she embrace you
and melt all ideas of separation?

does she give you your innocence
or does she sentence you to hell?

what message do you give the world
to give to you?

that is all images are for

so you can hear,
so you can see
with perfect clarity
the belief you worship

what is it that sees?
what is it that hears?

where is it that images
appear and disappear?

rest
here

rest
here

no image can offer you rest
or safety

it is but an ever disappearing ghost
you chase,
an ever disappearing ghost

do not worship images;
they will fail you,
nor need you fear them...

only Home
can give you Home

and Home you will always be

Fullness

If I don't do something to make money,
it won't happen.
Is it true?
No.
It's never about money--
about making, earning, getting
money.

It's always about Heart--
listening to
and living out of
Heart,
Space,
the Fullness of your Heart

It's always about Sharing
(from) the Fullness
of Heart

Heart provides
all answers,
everything
for you

Heart is Source,
your endless natural resource

Silence
the birthplace
of everything