August 05, 2023 – A

Owl Drinks 01 Oil Paint Rendered — Bog Garden, Greensboro, North Carolina
I take silence seriously,
and solitude,
and emptiness.

Everything flows from there,
and leads to there,
like the tide going out
and coming in.

I take humor seriously.
Balancing opposites.
Harmonizing discordances.
Inner with outer,
yes with no,
Yin with Yang...

Letting everything be what it is,
as it is,
because it is,
and watching/seeing how things fall out
around/with everything else.

I hate crowds and noise,
and keep my distance
as much as possible,
and accommodate/acquiesce
when required by circumstances.

I love circumstances.
The source of everything,
The end of everything,
though nothing ever ends
actually,
only apparently so,
spinning on eternally--
a part of circumstances
impacting circumstances,
creating circumstances,
noise,
complexity,
drama,
trauma,
seeking the peace
of emptiness,
stillness,
silence
of the AUM
at the heart of it all,
in the dance of life and being,
light and darkness,
realization and laughter,
all without end,
the loop of infinity
being infinite.

What a party to be a part of,
hating parties,
loving parties,
discordant harmonies,
seeking AUM...

And the dance goes on.
There is only the dance (Eliot).

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Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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