"Oceans" by Juan Ramon Jimenez

To some I have expressed this personal time of reflection, of transition, of retreat, of letting go... and it continues...

This morning as I showered, a poem popped into my mind... something about a boat and stopping in the middle of the ocean... I could not recall the details but did remember that I heard Clarissa Pinkola Estes quote it on one of her audio releases many years ago. Thanks to 'google' I was able to locate it in the translated version ...

Oceans

"I have a feeling that my boat has struck,

down there in the depths,
against a great thing.

And nothing happens!

Nothing...

Silence...

Waves...

Nothing happens?

Or has everything happened,
and we stand now, quietly, in this new life..."

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by Juan Ramon Jimenez (1881 - 1958) English version by Robert Bly Original Language Spanish

Found at:

http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com Sacred Poetry from around the world...

Love and Peace ... John

 ... and welcome to this Present Moment!

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Words come easy...

Words come easy at times, but from where?

Conscious rambles shine a light on the culprit
...whether from deeper Being... or egoic attachment to taped relics...

We are...
We are aware...
We are aware now...

Observing where our awareness is focused...
We choose...
We are action taking deciders...
We decide now even if it is the decision not to decide...

If we are asleep... we act unconsciously based upon former tapes, programming, and thoughtforms... out of habit patterns that generally define our personality or personal egoic attachments...

Letting go into the now can mean observing the now in a new way...

Letting go of expectations and labels...

Being with the energy of the moment...

Being with the interactive and interconnected energies of Life...

Presented to us this day....this moment.... By Love...

Life's energy that continues its creative movement...

Transition and transformation of energy and forms is the ongoing dance of Love and Life...

Change always is happening...

Trees are rooted in our great Mother...

Other beings have the freedom to move about...

Life breathes through both in an ongoing symphony...

The tree changes as it stands in one place

Impermanence is a fact of Life

Death and Birth are different sides of the same Love currency

Love steers Life toward union...toward continuation...

Toward growth in consciousness... toward synthesis...

Even amid destruction and war and decay...

Life breathes through us as we read and write

Life breathes through us as we sleep

Life and Love call us to respond beyond survival and egoic wants...

Dream of the present

Hope for wakefulness

Remember our Source

Remember our identity

One with all that is

One

Remember in this moment

Remember again and again

Don't go back to the bliss of unconsciousness

Dance in sunshowers

Dance in love blossoms

Dance the breath of Being

Dance to the rhythms of Life

Pause in the stillness

And Be here NOW

Feel Life moving within form

Feel the timeless

Feel the formless vibrations of Life

Sense the vibrancy and brilliance of this moment

Sounds, sights, tastes...without labels

Figure out nothing

See the space between and  amidst   the    forms

Molding Doing into Being

Into Oneness

jh, August 22, 2010