Friday, September 27, 2013

Dancing

dancing on surface
sun rays play tag with the fish
light shimmers across
KJ

Light creates illusions. Sitting at the edge of a lake the images across the water changed so quickly. I find it peculiar how nature will spotlight events, and the perspective changes so quickly with one subtle movement of the sun's rays. In our daily lives, what our eyes focus upon is where we tend to exert our energy. Closing my eyes --- I wonder sometimes if that is when I see what is truth and how I know what is the illusion.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Watchful

brown racing stripes
watchful scouting stillness
perched upon a stump
KJ

How many of us are watchful? What do we zoom our watchfulness upon? My mentor once shared the idea of a bulls eye target and organizing our desk with the things we use most often close to us. She also shared the idea with me of identifying the different layers of people in our lives, those we are closest to to those just out there in the Universe. So, I ask myself, what part of the circle in my life am I being watchful at this moment? This haiku is again from my trip in the forest as I observed the behavior of chipmunks.


Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Journey


partners on a search
the forest hillside knows them--
chipmunks separate
KJ

My brief few days in the National Forest in Oregon I wrote a series of haiku. My understanding is that one of the elements of haiku is the contrast of a natural situation. So, a pair of chipmunks start out together foraging and take their own path to then return to their burrow. This event brought to mind the relationships we have with people. I was taught that in a good marriage relationship the two people became one in all things. I am older and wiser now. We are more like the chipmunks.

Learning

a warm full day,
learning from this rock
to do nothing
Paul O. Williams

Everything naturally created has a purpose. Naturally created objects always have a message for me when I choose to listen. This what I've learned. Even the desert has messages after living here 20+ years.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Yellow Grass

scattered yellow grass ---
the air bends you so gently
delicate balance
KJ

I find it difficult to manage the delicate balance of my body. I think about the fall equinox and how the earth is held in our solar system on a constant tilt. I am in awe of the Universe's power of balance, I am then led to think of humanity's "free will" and how we so easily become unbalanced even with all the science and depth of understanding of the human psyche. 

Reflecting

the spirit, the truth
of silent prayer ---
just the moon on the road
Kikusha-Ni

The quiet evening is an acknowledged time for reflection. The moon reflects the sun's light as we reflect upon the day's events. The seeker takes this moment to listen for the truths learned that day. The spirit patiently waits for us to understand its messages.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Irish Proverb

A note today on the Fall Equinox...

Autumn days come quickly, like the running of a hound on the moor.