words to ponder~

"The river that flows in you

  also flows in me."

Kabir

The river of life is always there.

Pulsing within us and between us.

We just need to step beyond

our egos, judgement, and fears

so we can experience it.

if the buddha married

awhile back i was at a thrift store

browsing the books

shelf upon shelf

there is something always to be found

this one seemed to leap from the shelf

take me take me

i picked it up

scanned the cover

put it back

yet found myself reachinng for it once more

"if the Buddha married"

creating enduring relationships

on a spiritual path

By~ Charlotte Kasl, P.H.D.

i have slowly been picking this up here and there

and enjoying those moments when i do

i wanted to share a few words from these pages

If we peel back the thoughts and perceptions

we have learned

and try to find something solid to identify with

that is uniquely who we are,

something that goes beyond conditioning,

we find that everything dissolves

and we drop into essence.

There is simply nothing solid we can adhere to

that defines who we are.

This is both frightening and and freeing~

frightening to our mind and ego

freeing to our heart,

which wants to experience l♥ve.

Paradoxically,

it is this emptiness

 that we find our wholeness and experience l♥ve,

because there is nothing in the way.

We are completely unified.