The Dogma of a Warrior

My art is FORGIVENESS

My religion is EMPTINESS

My practice is BLISS

My food is INSPIRATION

My vision is UNITY

My intention is PEACE

My strength is FLEXIBILITY

My faith is BELIEF

My medicine is LOVE

My passion is TRUTH

My guide is INTUITION

My quest is MEANING

My shield is COURAGE

My destiny is BEAUTIFUL

My life is a BLESSING

for I Am a Warrior

and you are too.

The Annihilation of Self

The annihilation of self

is only

an intellectual process

insofar as that self can be carried

by a consciousness.

But,

a consciousness has limits,

and once we understand

that as long as we carry

a self

around

in our pocket,

it will never expand,

or develop,

or charge that cosmic gap

where our true nature is revealed

and our consciousness remembers

its place amongst

all of life.

Once fully awakened,

the self  becomes universal,

and once again contributes

to the evolutionary force

which motivated a self

to become one
with Truth.

Morning Meditation

I open myself up
breathing
deeply,
with eyes a-closed,
feet a-fixed
firmly on the ground,
barefooted,
feeling the earth beneath my feet,
while silently
reciting
a prayer for the Great Mother.
Soon enough
the mind sits still,
while the soul
goes a-floating
like a cloud
across
the great expanse of sky

I find myself struck
more and more frequently
by spontaneous fits
of laughter—
consumed by the sole thought
that life is a miracle
and it is beautiful
to be alive