hello friends

Consciousness
Maya making shapes
Shapes that “live” and “die”, “come” and “go”
You almost had me Woman!
But I am standing under You now.
My back is straight,
Body strong,
Mind Empty
and
Completely Full.
You are the old hag and the supermodel!
Life and Death.
Pleasure and Pain.
And they have never been separate.

The dream vanishes into Primordial Union
As I hand back the apple
In every moment
Take it,
take it back,
Now and now and now,
Never again to be separate.
Never again.

My Lord, the price we paid for knowledge
The mistake we made in challenging Eternity
Blessed Being of Mercy, I kneel into Your Forever and Ever.
As we played out our ego-role
You waited in the Eternal, Present-Moment Garden
with the Patience of Father and the Unconditional Love of Mother.

You are the Heart of Religion.
So many Blessed Names for what is only One.
So many prayers in so many different tongues
And You Hear them all the same.
The Feeling of the Pure Heart is the Sound and Song of Love.
No difference, no possibility of distance.
All beings rejoicing in You.
In finding and being found.
One without a second.
Eternal Amen.

I Love New York!!!!

I am in NYC today. I visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral. There is a statue inside of the fallen Christ. He is lying in Mary’s arms. There is one just like it in the St. Mary’s Church in York, Pennsylvania where I was baptized and confirmed. Today, I knelt and wept at this beautiful and Sacred monument to the Dying God. I was overwhelmed by a feeling of deep, unfathomable Compassion. I cried and cried and cried. Not a single person looked at me twice. I touched His Blessed Feet, caressed His Wounds, and, in a New York minute, my entire life to this point, passed me by. What is any of this but the Dream of the Christ? Every-Thing surrendered perfectly in Compassion. Good Night and God Bless You all.

Remembering What You Came For...

How many times has it happened…

You’re on your way to the store. All the way there you are in full possession of the knowledge of what you are about to purchase. You park the car, get out, throw open those big glass doors only to completely FORGET everything you came to buy.

Satori is remembering what you came for. It is that sudden lightning flash of “Oh, Yeah, Right, thanks!” The Master is simply a kind soul or friend who reminds you that you came for a hammer or the Live “Best of “ CD. He points out that, although this is all real in some sense, you are Big Mind (deep, non-dual Awareness) and all of “this” or the “waking state” is actually more dreaming.

Like the amnesia experienced at the front of the store, forgetting that we are Big Mind is also temporary, provided we remember on our own, or just break down and call home.

Muchas Gracias, Senor Genpo Roshi! I’m comin’ home with a brand new hammer, the Live “Best of” CD AND a big fat empty Mind!