A Brightness in a Radiant Emptiness….

"When you rest in quietness and your image of

yourself fades…and your image of the world fades…

and your ideas of others fade…what's left?…a

brightness in a radiant emptiness that is simply

what you are…."

                                                          adyashanti

this is who i am….

it's enough...

The Art of Being…….

At the beginning of each new year…do you choose a word

of the year? I've been mulling over my choice for 2014 and

have decided on "be". Do you remember the feeling of lazy

summer days as a child when all you had to do was just "be"…

lay out in a field of clover and watch the clouds…explore the

magical world of the creek running through the woods….or 

just curl up somewhere with a good book and lose yourself

to this world….? I want that back!

I have so many self imposed "musts" controlling my life. I feel I 

must do this or must do that or dress this way or say this

 or the Keeper of Promises Spirit will be knocking at my door.

 Why do we live this way? Since losing my job and paring 

down my life to just the essentials I've come to know a

 kind of happiness and peace that I haven't had in 

years. Now I plan to start paring down the "musts"

 and cultivating the art of "being"….