630. morning meditation

suddenly

from nowhere up in the air 

slowly spinning 

*

no arms no wings

silvery body of light—

a slug!

I was walking along when suddenly something just ahead, up in the air, caught my eye. It was turning and turning ever so slowly, suspended in mid-air, for what seemed a long, long moment in time. Here’s a still photo. The video of the slug is lovely to watch, like an aerial ballet. Unfortunately, I couldn’t load it on my blog. I’ll try to load it directly on Facebook.

629. a koan

 

thoughts and feelings

or is it feelings and thoughts—

who are you?

“A koan is a paradoxical riddle used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reason and provoke enlightenment.”   

Life is worth taking a good look. Look close. Look close enough, you’ll see yourself in whatever you see. You are not your thoughts, but your thoughts are you.

(This is a sculpture. I saw it recently in an art gallery in New Hope. It immediately caught my attention. Later, in looking at this photo, it drew me in closer and carried me away.)

628. flower power

finding refuge

in a patch of sun drenched dew

mellow yellow

 

“Just living is not enough…. One must have sunshine freedom and a little flower.” Hans Christian Andersen