The Eternally Wondrous

It’s so easy to get wrapped up in annoyance, sadness, the frustration of desires, anger, and worry. On one level, we are a bundle of wants, always already ahead of ourselves, reaching toward the next moment of climax in gratification

A few minutes of meditation can be so profound because of this. You breathe, and the Now unfolds. For a moment, plans and memories fall silent, and there is merely presence – the ten thousand things. All is.

Such moments show that the wondrous is in each and every instant – right at hand, overlooked in our gazing backward or running ahead.

The miracle is not in the completion of desire; it is in the Becoming of the Universe – right everywhere, right always.

Walking the Path

Keep your eyes open. With each step, the world moves. Knowing that the road leads to Rome, even knowing what Rome will look like when you get there, is not the same as the journey. Knowing that there are dangers everywhere, even knowing that you are strong enough to overcome them, is not the same as traveling without fear. Each step is all there is, neither good nor bad. Before and after fuse into the repetition of difference.

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