I Have Learned

I have learned that...

Life is a mysterious intricately woven fabric of the known, the unknown and the unknowable. If we live a thousand lifetimes we will never unravel it

I have learned that...
Desire is bondage and desirelessness is freedom. 

Even the desire to be desireless can enslave you.

I have learned that...
All living creatures are instinctively and by nature selfish. 

The innate unrelenting desire to survive predominates all else.

I have learned that...
The unknowable unseen force that animates all existence, as intangible as it appears is more potent than the entire collection of tangible things.

I have learned that...
I am but a mere whisper of a ripple, in the vast infinite ocean of existence.

I have learned that...
Birth, life and death will forever be intertwined in a never ending dance through the yawning annals of time.

I have learned that...
Sex is like every other basic natural thing that we do. Eating, walking, talking, sleeping...

I have learned that...
Name and form is in the mind only. Beyond the mind there is no name or form everything simply is as it is.

I have learned that...
Race, class, inferiority and superiority disappear instantly among men whenever our physical existence is threatened. The threat of death it seems, can bring a sense of equality. And death itself is the ultimate equalizer.

I have learned that...
To look with the mind is not true seeing. Because the mind is prone to judgment, misunderstanding and misinterpretations.

I have learned that...
There is a place within us where pure silence eternally abides. When we come to that place we are one with everything.

I have learned that...
"War is young men dying and old men talking"

I have learned that...
All mental constructs are illusion. Reality is beyond the mind's ken.The creative force never discriminates. 

Its intent is always tending towards balance among all things.

Consciousness Is!

Is consciousness good..
Is consciousness bad...
Is consciousness happy...
Is consciousness sad...
Is consciousness sane...
Is consciousness mad...
Is consciousness wise...
Is consciousness foolish...
Is consciousness beautiful...
Is consciousness grotesque...
Is consciousness peaceful...
Is consciousness violent...
Is consciousness compassionate...
Is consciousness callous...
Is consciousness calm...
Is consciousness turbulent...
Is consciousness...
The wise ones always taught that everything is an expression of consciousness.
So is consciousness all these things or is it that consciousness is simply
All there is!

NATURE'S Art

This Creation is like a painting and the Creator the ultimate Artist. The brush slaps, splats and splashes continuously. It unfolds a wondrous Van Gogh, Da Vinci a Michelangelo and all the greatest artists rolled into one.

There is pure harmony, tone, rich color, beautiful texture and unending vibrations of the rhythms of nature and life.

All is Nature's wondrous Art. Just look around, it abounds. Everyone is welcome to gaze, gawk, be awed and freely absorb its tremendous beauty. This beauty leaves one always speechless and awe inspired.

We should all take the time to appreciate and absorb.

The whole universe is like an Art Gallery, the grandest of the grand. All around priceless works of art on external display.

Just look around, a flower, a new born baby, a butterfly, a bird, a happy child at play, lovers strolling by, the old man sitting in the park with his pipe. The mountains, the sea, the sky, the trees, the stream, the meadows and the distant rolling hills.

Art is everywhere and we are all free to absorb and embrace it or we are also free to be art critics. Whichever suits our nature.

Absorb and embrace and the whole creation is yours for the taking. Criticize and complain and you miss the pure joy and bliss that is one of the greatest gifts to all humanity.

This entire creation is forever vibrating with artistic beauty, mastery and mystery.