Waking Up

Waking up

erases beliefs, goals, purposes, and fantasies.

Like a faulty lens, thinking distorts perception.

You see only what you expect.

Stop thinking, look deeply, and

you are transformed

by the experience of what is right here,

for it’s all God,

including you.

In this gorgeously elated moment,

spiritual awakening happens,

in a glance, a heartbeat, a single breath.

Each day we stand at the threshold

between illusions

and extraordinary revelations.

Easing into the Water

Imagine having never gone swimming.

To prepare for your first swim,

you could read a hundred books about swimming –

styles, strokes, techniques, training, body mechanics,

even the physics of liquids,

but the moment you walk into the water for the first time,

it’s not as you thought.

In the shocking perception of buoyancy and wetness,

the mind wakes up to what it’s really like.

That’s how mystical experience differs from theology.

One is the pure consciousness of divinity,

the other is analysis, belief, and expert opinion.

Theology can provide a road map, but it’s not God.

Ease into the sacred waters of God.

Learn to swim.