Salute the Season
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006This is amazing. Stephen Wiltshire is a creative wonder who has the amazing ability of being able to study urban landscapes and sketch them from memory in extraordinary detail.
I cannot help but feel that each of us has such amazing potential, but for reasons unbeknownst to me we are wired so that we do not easily tap into more than just a fraction of our capabilities.
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. There we go beyond those limited and limiting patterns of body, emotions, volition, and understanding that have been keeping us in dry-dock. Instead we become available to our capacity for a larger life in body, mind, and spirit. In this state we know great torrents of delight.
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Autumn is here in all her glory (and judging by the first snowfall we had yesterday, old man Winter is well on his way). A favorite time of year for me, as I love the earthy colors… the wonderful smell of leaves and crisp, cool air… pulling on that warm, wooly sweater for the first time… snuggling up on the couch with a hot cup of tea, a cozy blanket and a good book. It has been rather wet and chilly so far this fall, which has left me feeling a bit more isolated and withdrawn than usual lately. Yet I am enjoying the solitude, the time alone to lose myself in my thoughts and get grounded.
So as I raise my cup of tea, I salute the season. Myself. This moment. And you, too. Cheers, my friend.
