October 11-B, 2022

We have to have a regimen,
a routine,
an order of the day,
that we follow regularly,
religiously,
with fealty,
liege loyalty
and filial devotion.

Consisting of the right kind of emptiness,
stillness
and silence.

Mindful awareness.

Integrity,
sincerity
and spontaneity.

Balance and harmony.

Spirit,
energy
and vitality.

All of which connect us
at the level of the heart
with our essential/original nature
and the innate virtues/character
that are ours from birth--
which constitute
"the face that was ours before we were born."

Maintaining this practice
connects us with the anchor-stone
of our core/source,
and enables us
to see/hear/know/understand what's what
and what is called for
in each situation as it arises
and to do what needs to be done about it
throughout our life--
for the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of having done it,
no matter what.

Without this kind of grounding practice,
we are leaves on the water,
dust in the wind,
to be carried without direction
into the wasteland
of our eternal discontent.

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