Midday Meditation in Downtown Columbus

Another very good one

Tsalung Practice-Ninefold Expulsion of Stale Vital Energy- Alan Wallace Tsalung Practice Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche Gangtey GonpaNinefold Expulsion of Stale Vital Energy (rlung ro dgu shrugs)Visualize the central channel, right roma...

For the Wednesday Meditation Group
7/5/21
by Tracy Slaughter

The am in “I am” floats on an endless sea
dark and mysterious
undulating freely
after dropping all my “I am these particular things” at the shore
like you’d shed a jacket and sunglasses and hat and towel
on hot sands bordering a cool sea

When the waves crest
I can see the sky
in multi hues of blue and white
stretching for forever

And when I am in the trough of the wave
my world contracts
and I see nothing but water
I know nothing but water and the pull of currents beneath me
carrying me to a far distant shore I do not know

It is peaceful here without my list of things that I am
and must do about them

I just relax and enjoy the water and sky
which meets somewhere in the distance
hazy in the in between
in the space between one and the other

Perhaps that is where I am headed
in the space between the one and the other
the human and the divine
the “I am this” and “I simply am”

That would be nice
As I have no idea how to go about being human
all my ideas slipping and sliding into a mess on the floor
or perhaps on my towel at the beach
and I can’t yet fully embrace the divine

I love this place in between
the walls of water threatening to overwhelm me
and the glorious sky beckoning majestically to me

It is a good place to be
there is no need no harm no lack
just silence
peace
and the undulating sea

Charlie “Bird” Parker, the great jazz alto sax player and philosopher, once said, “don’t be afraid, just play the music.” This is so timely and profound. Worry, doubt, and suspicion hold us back from playing the music. Just play the music. Get on with life regardless of the hurdles. Hurdles make life interesting, and are best for inner growth and practice. No hurdles make life boring. We become complacent. Good days, just play the music. Bad days, just play the music. Music is the flow of life. It harmonizes; it keeps us open and creative. Fear and worry interrupt the musical natural flow. Come home to the present. Stay in the flow. Face fear and doubt with courage never stop playing the music. Emaho!

🙏🙏🙏

MUSIC OF NONVIOLENCE : Monday Quote

"May all the sounds of lament and war as well as the poisonous winds in the environment be dispelled. May these words of love and compassion blend with the innate goodness of every single being and coalesce into one powerful force.

Like the light of the sun, moon, and stars, may love, compassion, and wisdom shine forth. May they strike every single living being and dispel the darkness of ignorance, attachment, and hatred that has lurked for ages in their being.

When any living being meets another, may it be like the reunion of a mother and a child who have long been separated. In a harmonious world such as this, may I see everyone sleep peacefully to the music of nonviolence."

This is my dream.
~ 17th Karmapa