mindfulness

July 13: Beautiful things – Observing what is

I often try to bring myself into a practice of gratitude, and it becomes forced and mechanical, merely another task I have ‘to do’ before ending the day, listing things I ‘should’ be grateful for. Toko-Pa, one of my favourite authors, poets, mystics and guides, suggests to instead keep a Beautiful Things list for 30Continue reading “July 13: Beautiful things – Observing what is”

I don’t know who I am anymore

But you do. Your anchors keep you in place. Anchors like these. The sound of chamomile tea brewing, nightly, sipping slowly silently in the threshold of another day ending. All is well. Preparing your favourite curry like a magician meticulously mixing her concoction – cutting the vegetables, fiercely, dropping the spices in with abundance. TheContinue reading “I don’t know who I am anymore”

done with this

rushing running like broken machines perpetually; the chase within, further away. silence is loud and unbearable we cannot stop. running. I am done with this. there is nowhere to get to. running ourselves dry into bare bone into skin into an old age lacking substance where is there to get to? the sweet dissolving intoContinue reading “done with this”

loosen into presence

Learn to grasp the transient nature of things. You can never completely recreate the past, no matter how hard you try to push soul back into things that have already died. Let them die. Anchor yourself into what is being birthed for you now. Each joy in its intensity, each moment is here just forContinue reading “loosen into presence”

Still

to be still and know If we slow down, life will slow down for us. All my life I’ve been rushing from one place to another, trying to get to the next place. I would find some sort of escape in always thinking about my next destination, but sadly as soon as I was thereContinue reading “Still”