NEW YEARS QUIET RESOLUTION

Relaxation # 12 it’s in the quiet

29 12 2009

Then there is a quiet that doesn’t just happen

It is a kind of condition inside

compared to the noise outside

like jets overhead or stomach gurgles

or breathing.

Quiet is extrodinarily delicate

because if you try to hard to attain quiet

you make noise

Quiet is also of extrordinary value

because it is rare and grows only

from stillness.

Sometimes you don’t recognize it

because you are listening for the noise

through the quiet comes knowledge

unexpected knowledge

about the wonderfulness of our connections

you can see while in quiet.

Not alone, not suffering, not desiring

but seeing and being bliss

Feel the bliss of quiet?

No

Be the bliss of quietness

(it’s better than being the ball)

at least once for the new year

We will like it.

NEW YEAR STILLNESS RESOLUTION

Relaxation # 11 as a New Years Resolution

27 12 2009

THE YEAR WRITTEN AS 2010 WILL BE ABOUT STILLNESS

AND HOLDING STILLNESS

AND WILL BE ABOUT HOLDING ON TO STILLNESS

HOLDING ON TO STILLNESS WHERE I FIND IT

PERHAPS IT WILL FIND ME

IF I LET IT

IF I CAN LET ME BE STILL FOR A MOMENT

I CAN SAY I FOUND IT AND WHERE

SO I CAN FIND IT AGAIN FOR MY MIND

AND YOURS

AND FOR MY HEART I HOLD TO STILLNESS

AND WITH MY BODY I HOLD TO STILLNESS

FOR THAT IS WHERE I AM

IF MIND IS WITH HEART

I KNOW MY HEART WITH MIND

I KNOW MY MIND WITH HEART

AND I KNOW STILLNESS

FOR THEY ARE THE SAME

AND SERVE THE SAME

AS IF I KNOW THESE THINGS

BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCES

WHICH ARE ALL I HAVE

GOOD ONES AND BAD ONES AND IN BETWEEN

I CALL THIS THIS AND THAT THAT

AND THEY SWIRL AND TWIRL ME AROUND ONCE FOR FUN

THEN PUSH ME AND PULL AND PULL ME

FOR HURT AND DISTURBANCE AND I WISH

FOR HOME AND NO MORE

I THINK STILLNESS IS HOME WHERE

STILLNESS WILL TAKE CARE OF ME WHILE I WANDER

AND CREATE THE STILLNESS OF 2010

12-27-09.