Blossoming
Life is a profoundly impossible thing. There is no logic or reason how Existence can exist – but, it does. It is something Real that has always been, and even stranger, It would not exist if we were not here being the experience of It’s Existence. It’s not beyond you, It is you. I feel this glorious wonder moving me, filling me with Joy. Knowing it, right up close, living Life and knowing we exist as one infinite phenomenon, one inexplicable noumenon, an inseparable holy One. We see the Incomprehensible Beauty and Mystery, and all the fear evaporates. When the two become...
Read MoreGreen Sprigs
It rained all night. This morning the Topa Topa Mountains had a beautiful white sprinkling of snow. I can see the mountains from my house. Now it’s getting cloudy and misty again – maybe more rain. All the little green shoots and sprigs of jade green grass are coming up, along with the paperwhite narcissus. That’s the flower for December birthdays. And all of my citrus trees are adorned with lemons, tangerines and oranges. Looks like everyone is happy and doing well. The Divine Intelligence of Life really is Love and this exuberant Life force is the Foundation of All That...
Read MoreDear Santa
Christmas Owl Creek Road – Sandy Jones Dear Santa, thank you for all the wondrous gifts you brought us. Mostly thank you for this gift of childlikeness. We will treasure this for always. It is simply divine. We won’t lose It, we will keep it with us and wear it with great love, knowing it came from you. We’ll let it shine its gentle, tender beauty wherever we go. We will wear it here, close to our heart, to remind us who we really are. The gift of our Self, the one who sees the sparkle of silver tassels all year, the one who hears the laughter of angels every day. This...
Read MoreChristmas Eve
Here, in the soft beauty of Christmas Eve, the old clock chimes, with logs burning warm in the fireplace. The little Christmas tree is lit with colorful lights, shining, glittering with love. The starry sparkles delight the eyes. Everything speaks to the Joy of the Spirit. We are on a path, like the string of tiny lights, winding their way to the top of the evergreen tree, up to the star above. Each light beckoning with bright glow, taking us along the trail that leads our way home. It’s the star of Bethlehem, the North star, the guiding Light, this divine Intelligence within each of...
Read MoreThe Child Again
Ewe Know – Sandy Jones One day it all became sweet and easy. My friend William Samuel, whom I trusted to be in the know of things, he told me to remember who I was as a child. I recalled that as a child I was certainly not seeking – I was living – sweetly, directly living Life. As a child, I was feeling Life, my senses were acute and I was feeling it all without any mental anguish, worries or fear in-between me and my world. As a child I was not guilty, I was not worried, I was not concerned with the world, with politics, with the news, nor did I feel responsible for the...
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