I have searched for you for so long.

Little did I know you were here the whole time.

Each time I am mindful I smile because I

Know you are here with me.

You guide me to serenity with each moment.

I am grateful.

The wind in my hair.

The suns rays on my skin.

Calmly breathing in and out.

This is Nirvana!

If life is a game,

Not to be taken too seriously,

Many of us are loosing.

Floating in the ocean of life,

Inbreath is the swell of a wave,

Outbreath is the recession.

A beating heart is the ripples across 

A boundless waterscape.

This is peace.

You are the gardener of your own mind.

Who else is going to pull the weeds?

Your good nature lies underneath them.

Beautiful, aromatic flowers 

Have always been there.

I want you to see them for yourself.

Don't give up <3

Breathing

Breathing

Into Nothing

You bite my leg and

I yell "Ouch!"

This is a reminder

To be mindful

Whenever I look for it, 

I don't find it.

Where is it?

I get this feeling It's here, 

But no matter where I look in

The 10 directions, 

It's gone.

No where to be found.

How Marvelous!

That it all works on its own.

The heart beats, the lungs breathe,

The organs function.

All without me telling it to do so,

With no intervention.

The clouds rain, the wind blows,

The grass grows, 

All in perfect harmony with each other.

There is nothing to do.

It is already done,

Already taken care of.

All I need to do is smile and enjoy life.

Leaves blowing in the wind.

A dog barks and brings

My awareness back to the present moment.

The warm sun rays on

My skin breathe life

Into a hungry body.

I smile at the Dharma.

I breathe in warm air on a hot summer day.

Sweat drips down my forehead.

The sun on my face and the

Wind swaying my hair side to side.

This is it.

Little by little the understanding comes.

Like a leaf that's dripping water slowly

After a morning shower.

I drink each drop gratefully.

Each droplet is the nutriment of wisdom.

This body is thirsty but can only drink so much.

A dry mouth that only the rain water can quench.

Slowly, slowly, dripping 

I yearn for more but refuse simultaneously.

I turn my head and a drop hits my cheek.

Wasting precious water, my mouth is still so dry.

For a while I forget I am thirsty,

Only to be reminded when on the verge of death.

I remember and open my mouth to take another drink.

Little by little the understanding comes.

A hungry duck approaches expectantly.

With empty hands I can offer nothing more than my presence.

Is it enough?

When you quack I am aware that you quack.

When you ruffle your feathers I still am aware of this much.

A mindful smile connects me and you.

Misses duck forgive me, I have no food to offer to your children.

You follow me with the ducklings close by.

What you seek, you must learn to find on your own.

We are not so different.

How peaceful,

How free,

To fully let go.

Allowing yourself to just be,

Without wanting.

There is only this moment.

Engrossed in the present,

The eternal Now,

I am finally at ease.

Slowly, the incense burns and turns to ash.

Transforming from a yellow powdered stick

To a red ember, then into smoke,

Filling the entire room.

There is not a single place its

Formless form cannot touch.

It burns steadily, but for short time.

Then it is done.

Tension, tight, constricting tension.

Compulsive fidgeting,

Make it stop!

It's crawling in my skin,

Taking up every molecule of space.

Oozing stress and anxiety.

It's as hard as rocks.

Just let me breathe already.

Are hearts supposed to beat this fast?

Someone save me!

But I am the only one who can save me.

I am also the only one who can hurt me.

Today I am choosing to let go. 

Anxiety does not last forever.

I see so many aspects of myself in you:

The beauty, the ugly,

The joy, the suffering,

The calm, the anger,

Everything.

When I love you, I love myself,

And I have so much love to give.