flow

how can we touch pure awareness
but perhaps only with the deepest notion of love
that love and that awareness... is it not both... but ONE?
and then, how can it be set apart?
so how can we then touch awareness
with our deepest love and devotion?
the art we paint with our life
and that which arises and vanishes
that which absolutely has to manifest
sometimes is bonded together through thought
a thought to express the awareness of love
to become the highest good that awareness can give
which isn't goodness in the ordinary sense
but that what good is - is not that which is
... low or high... or just a sweet smile
but perhaps it manifests to reduce pain
for ourselves and others
there sure can be a preference
to not be able to accept
the world of suffering all around
even we ourselves learn deep down to rest
or let things go by on their own at best
it still is obvious that there is a notion
to embrace all there is and to be with those
who suffer any separation or loss
how would one know ... that it can be otherwise?
what then is benevolence? is it too just nothing?
but awareness and love is really one
and what is one but a word or concept, hence two?
but with that word benevolence...
... there is a spark arising...
and this spark is benevolence
it is HERE... right now... and why not?
let it be goodness... which heals
through gentleness
why not?
painting thoughts with awareness
from a force we do not know
we flow and enjoy colors
watch the dance of the sky light
light and colors flow together
sound echoes from a distance
the whispering turns into silence
and with that silence there is flow
flow and standstill and flow again
what song will be next?
what wave will be painted in gold
we still don't even know
and in not knowing there is freedom
and in our defenselessness we know
how liberating it is not needing to know
there is an acceptance so fine and so deep
as mind itself remains what it is
with all arising in no mind place
unperturbed settled in the ever new flow
and it's not even - peace
not even that...
what is it and what do we really know?

continue to plant and water your seeds
create a garden
for those who are ready to see
when the time is ripe
when the world wants to open
all falls into place
manifests as it wants to be
but for now
plant and water
ever more seeds
ever so new
it's your love
you see
it's your love
you see
we can see
we can see

no raod no path to be found ...

thoughts vanish into timeless consciousness
it is HERE that we rest in eternity
whatever you then think, say or do
affectionate being remains as the ever new
to unfold the waves of life as it has to be
you are the living proof of all that is
a living and loving flow to pour out
from here to there...
and from...
...everywhere to nowhere
embedded in a paradox
of the here and the now
may we relax?

wisdom

expand into awareness
flow into your moment
flow as loving essence
through that what is

nucleus of what?

Krsna also means "nucleus of the universe" and beyond that... the center is lost. In the meantime Krsna can be our hearts inner lover through which me merge into pure awareness... and there we rest and rest and rest... be whatever wants to be HERE - we let it all be... as is - accepted!
awareness arises from oneness into many and back
we too can write our story across the universe
...through our heart or our thoughts...
and then, we likewise...
...we can take it all back
we can send out our good intentions and accept
...what wants to come... not feeding the rest
...and there is no fear of coming and going and death
we heal our being through rest...
...in pure awareness at best
we can touch others through our being
by simply lettings things be as just THIS
and, unless obvious... we can act or just rest
when the healing breeze of awareness manifests
...today perhaps as highest and deepest lovingness...
see how it can clear... the sky and earth from all pain
then... when life comes and goes... as it pleases...
all are at their happiest and at their very best
you may share this pure love...
as nothing more and nothing less

love

let awareness carry your moment
rise through the sky
leap over rainbows
move past the Sun
there is a breeze
which carries you along
as consciousness

awaiting

being quiet - silence sets in
in a world of creation
the sweetness of life presents itself
the movements of mind flow gently
at peace with what is
in touch with all of this
sounds and colors dance
with the ocean of life
with that which is not
and that which just issink into silence
how much deeper can this get?
before all sound what was the story?
before all music what was the dance?
what was awareness before what?
the oneness of all of this
can we tell what it really is?
just close your eyes
as silence awaits you
trust that what this is
it will become its own

Power songs for this Happy Day

travel through your mind
clearing out all thoughts
sink into the ordinary
committed to consciousness
all shadows of pain and hurt
are nothing and never were much
as even they can be there
as your heart grows in love
so is everything else embraced
and all this is embedded in bliss
and beyond that not even that
we don't know even then
what was that and where have I been
it's not like you would think "this is it"
awareness can not be thought about

and a Happy Day Joke:
A friend told me a silly joke this morning from a comedy book called "Letters from a Nut." ... Ok, here it comes: the person wrote a letter to a Hotel in Amsterdam and said that he has written a play called "Hamsterdam," and he wants to stay at their Hotel and bring about a hundred hamsters along. They wrote back and said it would not be possible. So he wrote again and said he is changing the name of his play to "Amsterclam" and would be bringing a few hundred clams with him and would they please make the necessary preparations to take care of them? -

patience

open yourself to the world
unafraid
do not hide nor be stopped
climb to the mountaintop... to touch the sky
no need to separate
the weak from the strong
the earth from the sky
see all things equal before your eyes
hold hands with the sky and sing loud
carry your song of oneness to the stars
for all to hear
highest calling and aspirations
asks to let the whispers come and go
in solitude get ready to prepare
for a journey not knowing where
walk away from nothing to bliss...
into another place deeper than this?
what is life presenting now?
trusting the space and arising
what comes and what goes
will also return
when the timing is right

to friends

part of my wanting was
to be seen as more than mere gender
to be seen for the heart
be truth from a place of letting
others be... and being accepted as me
the gender thing sometimes is
such a limitation
such a conditioning
such a jail
can we move beyond
to pure this...
i am not gender nor even this
see my good intention
freed from the bondage of a cocoon
emerges in brilliant colors
rising in ever so beautiful ways
with the course set to experience
love in all it’s glory and full truth
embraces creation once more
embrace friendship and all ups and downs
fully in all ways... there will be love
just because - embrace this love
or its your loss for this love is for free
and accept creation
as is
feel the love as all creation
sink into consciousness of oneness
as the universe dances in rhythm
with your breath and heartbeat
lay yourself across the altar of your own heart
in your sweetest of sweetest moments
you can live with knowing nothing
and knowing everything... all at once
the love we exude is known to the universe
compassion and kindness always feeds
those who feel hungry and lonely
we anoint all with the softness
and understanding of what it is
we really are

forever

expand through awareness
as if music floats through the air
rise into oneness like the coming dawn
the echo of peace rings through the wind
be called by arising waves
the new dawn dances with the ocean

gaze into your heart
and listen to to of all that which has been
embrace all that is to come
presence is a guide that holds
through all lives and moments
know this moment as eternity
know this journey is not a betrayal
never an abandonment
never a lie nor misunderstanding
this voice has been in you forever
lean your will into the wisdom being
and let awareness alone arise
it is you which was and is that love

free

close your eyes
go into the sanctuary of your being
embrace your deepest love
as you open your heart
surround yourself with awareness
all is love
like a volcano - power comes from deep within
it is not held nor grasped from anywhere
the inner fire burns through the stars
just like a child comes from its mother’s womb
fire rises up... not to burn but to help
this warmth flows through your heart
"The idea of liberation automatically inhibits the simple realization that we are free." Wei Wu Wei

listen

free youself from the shadows
that are created from incompletions
nothing is there to constrict transformation
the veil of wanting is lifted and you are free
that which is your essence is ever present
nothing to be awakened to nothing to achieve
it was always right here within what is YOU
just see yourself through the eyes of a flower
an offering - what do you have to give?
isn't it nothing more and nothing less but YOU?
then - tell me, who is YOU? :-)

it is too close, so we overlook it
it seems too good to be true, so we cannot believe it
it is so profound, we cannot fathom it
it is not outside of ourselves, so we cannot attain it anew
by Lama Jangone Kongtrul Lodro Thaye about Dzogchen
in deep meditation
arising melodies come through
creating rhythms which dance
with the waves of your bliss
sharing your beautiful songs
is your devotion
to the highest good
listen through the forest trees...
how leaves chatter with the wind
sun beams shape light wonders
you are all there is
arising through awareness
effulgence greets us all as is
accepts all - just as it is

brighten

imagine to overcome all sense of separation
between awareness and phenomena
just as there is no separation
between awareness and breath
all is one in deepest love
when we touch each other
through subtle beingness
we anoint one another
with the sweet light of unity
and together
we will merge
into all directions
gently the world comes to life
softly accept all that comes
just like sun beams dance in the sky
brighten the world with your song

take yourself inside

Thich Nhat Hanh - Steps of Mindful Breathing from Brother Stream on Vimeo

nothing to defend
all to be embraced
live this moment
guided by what is
welcome all that comes
touch your heart
go through the source
embrace possibilities
enter into bliss
empty clearance
full life
hold your inner space with awareness
bathe your deep heart in sweetest love
vulnerable is trust and raw are emotions
bathe all of THIS in spaciousness
we all unite through our awareness
as if we are held by waves of angels
in meditation there is beauty
you see yourself as you are
your heart will be touched with presence
every breath is a scent of love
greet each thought with loving kindness
embrace all emotions with total compassion
the sacred word of love - your mantra
carries the sound of silence within
you are the all loving being
you are the ever beautiful

contribute by resting

when we sleep and when we meditate
or just rest in what is termed "presence"
the vibrations of awareness gather
the mind sinks into no mind love
our essence which cannot be found
gets anointed with freshness
this is healing to the heart
then the love which we share
is closer than close
we then can communicate
simply by just being HERE
the gift of resting right NOW
resting in pure awareness
is healing to creation
is your contribution
to the whole

space

look into the garden of mind
there is a space around all arising
in this space... there is something...
which is special but cannot be found
in a way... it is like a known unknown -
here, in this...we take rest
to come out refreshed
we may wonder later
what was this and...
where have I been?
but for now
we may just take rest
it's not that we do something
to be HERE
it just happens -
when we let things go their own way
till it is obvious again -
that we have to act
the music of the sun rays play
to magical images which dance in space
music and light are tied together
to become yours to embrace
close your eyes
in solitude but far from alone
meet with your moment
as what greets you is presence
awareness is not that spectacular
ordinary magic may not seem like much
but an unknown power is drawn
we don't know from where
it is with you - closer than close

paint

throughout creation
love flows like a river
we paint the melody of life
with colors drawn from our heart
we draw from creative awareness
make music to manifest the unconditional
imagine to look at the sky and listen
and learn how space can be used
to heal yourself and others
to plant seeds
to help to make things grow
accept what arises
what is allowed to grow - has to become
into that which just is

...

open into a mirror as you reach through
touch the heart of your reflection
embrace the truth in your heart
the wisdom and knowledge enters
from many worlds we have shared
from the many loves we have had
we can offer ourselves now
the kingdom of healing
it is for you to know
that you can indeed love
all - clearly

1

ether and mind are one
wind and voice are one
fire and dance are one
water and birth are one
earth and life are one
just as Earth draws life from the sun
so do you draw life from your heart
the gentle caress of your words
casts out the light of kindness
others are then drawn to this light
adding their own beautiful shine

all words are song

awareness... and in it
feel the texture of words
by writing them on paper
see how the power of this love for words
creates radiating nuances within the heart
arising from the consciousness of love
to become words and songs and melody
colors of our mind
are flying away - are flying so high
just as thoughts become songs
our compassion for creation is reflected
in the dance of butterflies
our being shines along with them
our colors reflect... the rising sun
shining on all thoughts and emotions
with warmth and kindness and love
song is embedded in melody
melody is used to greet one another
the birth of life resonates of sound
call the wild in nature and listen
how sound and voice creates their song
across the far land - there is a dance
here life music teaches of kindness
as beings dance to the rhythm
of the inner Beloved... your heartbeat

song of compassion

Dalai Lama, "My true religion, my simple faith is in love and compassion. There is no need for complicated philosophy, doctrine, or dogma. Our own heart, our own mind, is the temple. The doctrine is compassion. Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are - these are ultimately all we need."

the melody of inner songs frees of all fear
the rhythm if life sways gently back and forth
in this presence... is your peace
this song allows you to sink in and expand out
just be a melody of your inner song

or... corrected by a friend...

Listen to the melody of our inner songs, emerging, free of fear.
Just as the rhythm of life sways us gently back and forth
Witness it’s presence as yours, as peace
They consent to our ideals that sink in and expand out, becoming,
just listen, Be; Ah... the melody of our inner songs...

thank you

love has no conditions

"Once the heart has opened to someone who has deeply touched us, we will most likely feel some connection with that person for the rest of our lives, whatever form that relationship takes. Unconditional love has its reason, which reason we do not know."

Unconditional love does not imply that a relationship must take a particular form We may love somebody deeply, yet still be unable to live and be with that person. As soon as we consider a form of relationship we want with somebody, we are in the realm of conditions and love is not unconditional any longer.

Love in its deepest essence knows nothing of these conditions. Beyond both conditional yes and conditional no lies the larger unconditional yes of the heart.

To deny or cut off the love that is still flowing can be quiet damaging for this would constrict the very source of joy and aliveness inside of us.

Whenever someone we love "hurts" us....text..... we still love this person, denying it by trying to close our heart hurts us as much as it hurts the other person. Unconditional love means being able to recognize our love for another even in the midst pain.

In fact, it is not really possible to close the heart of unconditional love. We do not have to constrict the love which flows from our heart.

Unconditional love does not require us to put up with everything somebody else does, unconditional love is not permission of destructive behaviors.

Unconditional love responds to that which is unconditional on the other and has nothing to do with likes and dislikes, attraction and aversions. Unconditional love is a being-tobeing acknowledgment. It responds to that which is unconditional, the intrinsic goodness of another person, beyond all their pretenses and defenses. Arising from our own basic goodness, unconditional love resonates with and reveals the unconditional goodness in others as well.

The pain of contradiction between the perfect love in our hearts and the imperfections we encounter in relationships breaks the heart- wide open. It reveals the essential rawness of being human, of reaching for heavenly perfection while forver grapple with earthly limitations..Yet, the heart cannot break or break open as its essential nature is already soft ad perceptive. What we can break is the defensive wall around it to protect out soft spot, the place where we feel most deeply affected by life and other people

It is important not to deny the pain and be artificially loving. We ned to be with our pain and suffering without having to fix it. In opening th pain of loving we bleed, yet thus bleeding, when met with warmth and caring, helps to awaken the heart, allowing the larger flow of love to keep flowing.

The truth is that nobody can ever give us the all the love we need just the way we want. But when we can hold our pain and rawness with compassionate awareness, then the unconditional love we most long for becomes available.

Letting the heart break open awakens us to the mystery of unconditional love we can't help loving others, in spite of what we may dislike about them, for no other reason that they move and touch us in ways we never can fully comprehend. What we love is not just their pure heart but also their heart's struggle with all the obstacles in the way of its full, radiant expression. It's as though our heart wants to ally itself with their heart and lend them strength in their struggle to realize the magnificence of their being, beyond all their perceived shortcomings.

This the obstacles we face in loving forces our heart to stretch and embrace all of what we are. Unconditional love becomes an ongoing practice of humility, a learning to be fully human.

Breaking open the heart is the transmuting force in the alchemy of love that allows us to see the unconditional goodness in and through all limitations of their conditioned self. It helps us to recover the beauty in the beast. The overflow of the broken-open heart starts with kindness towards ourselves, then radiates out as compassion toward all other beings who hide their tenderness out of fear of being hurt, and who need our unconditional love to help to awaken their heart as well.
(J.Welwood)

heal

Earth gives life
heals life
heals by taking life
lie down on Earth on top of her
be touched by her core

Imagine

opinions, assumptions, preconceived notions, impressions...
stories, desires, constructions, prejudices, perspectives...
no longer are we locked up nor tied up by opinions of self or others
race your mind across ever expanding space towards one single point
be forgetful about mindfulness or mindfully forgetting the mind
either way we practice either forgetfulness or mindfulness
then we recover from mindfully forgetting and forgetting mindfulness
through one point we expand...
the place where supreme freedom reigns - the HERE the NOW
is in hearts-reach...
mind observe heart to be ONE
imagine to be touched by the center of the universe
where consciousness turns slowly into matter
such as sound, ether, air, luminous, and solid
the un-manifested turns into creation and galaxies
here where stars resonate sounds of new melodies
arising stories come and go like ocean waves
the healing light melodies bounce from star to star
evolve through an aware universe
reaches all beings - near and far

either way!

you know

what is are written across your eyes
what is sensed across your heart
what is recorded in your being
your are the only one who can sing that song
you alone can write about your hearts journey
you then can make a melody of one kind
you sing about your life with honor
to the longing heart-beings at night
all the laws that needed to be broken
all the signs to be listened to and given
are born from a unity of one of a kind
of an awareness which is yours to embrace
and it is - ever new and fresh and alive
just sing about your life and do not hide
there is nothing to be misunderstood
you are meant to be what your are and you
alone really know inside... who you really are
love circles once more space and time
stand tall to walk your life as one of a kind
awareness becomes dressed with creations' colors
the music of healing cleans the mirror of mind
see, it is you who stands between earth and sun
it is you who gets to know... the universe
it is you who knows there is nowhere to run
it is you who emits this steady stream of love
isn't it true...
...that people feel embraced by you when you come?
to give something for nothing is discomforting for some
still radiate your goodwill and compassion and find
that this shine of twinkling moments is lasting
it lasts and moves and lasts and moves ongoing
goes back and forth and still remains hidden
we don't know what this love really is
but we do know that it is you who becomes
the unknown part of the universe
and where the word love is not a even a word
or anything which can be written about
still, it is you who emits
a steady stream of love.... always!

just we love

You are me,
and I am you.
Isn't it obvious
that we "inter-are"?
You cultivate the flower
...in yourself,
so that I will be beautiful.
I transform the garbage
in myself,
so that you will not have to suffer.

Thich Nhat Hanh
♥

by Tich

Don't say that I will depart tomorrow --
even today I am still arriving.

Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
to fear and to hope.

The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death
of all that is alive.

I am the mayfly metamorphosing
on the surface of the river.
And I am the bird
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.

I am the frog swimming happily
in the clear water of a pond.
And I am the grass-snake
that silently feeds itself on the frog.

I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks.
And I am the arms merchant,
selling deadly weapons to Uganda.

I am the twelve-year-old girl,
refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean
after being raped by a sea pirate.
And I am the pirate,
my heart not yet capable
of seeing and loving.

I am a member of the politburo,
with plenty of power in my hands.
And I am the man who has to pay
his "debt of blood" to my people
dying slowly in a forced-labor camp.

My joy is like Spring, so warm
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain is like a river of tears,
so vast it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and my laughter at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart
can be left open,
the door of compassion.

1989

light

call to ask for the sound of the sun
ask for the wisdom of a special song
sing with all the longing of your heart
the light of the sun creates images in your mind
images which then are painted by your heart
your heart is the palette of an artist
your mind then draws pictures
pictures will become reality
of that which your heart loves
golden light is bright by the day
silvery are the many stars shining at night
diamonds will glisten sharp through the suns' light
beautiful songs will brighten the beings of the night
but you, awakened... but caring less about such things
are bright then when you go out to sing
are one with the splendor
of the day and the night
dear one - just give your love... lightly
sometimes we are like delicate flowers and then
our petals need to be warmed by the hearts of others
the stem is the core and stands tall
our roots are well planted
deep into the heart of the Earth
and our leaves are arms
which want to embrace...
all life throughout the Universe
this is our true heart
(paraphrased into words from a friend)
colors of my mind
being offered through the lotus flower
colors of my heart
being given through kindness
to that which is ever true
and to that which makes us one
never to be 2

.

perhaps we can touch the face of consciousness
with the love we share for life?
surrounded by awareness at each step
we walk a life of loving kindness
we create a world through writing new songs
speaking of new beginnings and a rising dawn
for what is awareness
is what is our heart
at peace with spirit
because awareness knows who and what we are
sit under a tree and meditate
clearing mind and heart naturally
merge and cry your love-tears
wearing a body of free love and light
a light breeze kisses away your tears
your union is released...
into endless space