let the sunrise break your heart open...

Do not seek the light.
See it.
Do not look for beauty.
Be it.
Do not search for Self.
Know it.
Let the birdsong teach you.
Let the sunrise break your heart open.
Let every breath remind you of sudden miracles.
~ Jeff Foster

Siesta Key Beach, sunrise

we are both, wave and sea...

"We are connected with one another. Our lives are tied together, and there is a link in which we can see one current running through all. There are many globes and lamps, and yet one current is running through all. The mystic seeks to realize this constantly and to impress it on his mind in whatever he may see. What, for him, are the waves of the sea? Are they not the sea itself?"

~ Inayat Khan

Siesta Key Beach at sunrise, Sarasota Fl.

cultivate a willingness to live this moment as keenly as possible...

Siesta Key Beach, Fla.

carl mccolman quote

"The core of our being, the most 

treasured part of our existence, 

is a contemplative life - 

a life lived in awareness 

of the divinity within. The challenge 

of maintaining this awareness

 is to sit openhanded to receive all that comes.

 It is not possible to hold on to one thought,

 memory, or idea and continue the contemplative journey. 

It requires a willingness to live this moment as keenly as possible, always aware of the many dimensions of now. Staying openhanded, treasuring but not grasping, is critical to the contemplative stance."

(Without permission I changed a few words to adapt it from the personal to impersonal - "my" to "our", and then from the impersonal to the personal "the divine" to "divinity within".)