Haiku: Arrival of Autumn

In response to SeasonWords this week: Mist creeping down the hillsSlinking unseen under the door sills at night…We pull the blankets a little tighter Dark clouds above yielding a bright circle of glorious blue Behind and around darkly echoing thunder and rainGinger, our dog, shivering in her cubby hole Yesterday arrived our cast iron woodContinue reading “Haiku: Arrival of Autumn”

Layers & Levels Chapter Five: Heaven Earth & Man

Venerating the past in itself will not solve the world’s problems. We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life. Nowness, or the magic of the present moment, is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present. When you appreciate a painting or a piece of music or a work of literature, no matter when it was created, you appreciate it now. You experience the same now in which it was created. It is always now.