"Ring out the old
Ring in the new
Ring out the false
Ring in the true"
- G. Harrison
"I think of trees and how simply
they let go, let fall the riches of a season,
how without grief it seems they can let go
deep into their roots for renewal..."
M. Carton
"When we find true love, the trying disappears.
- S. Skillman
"You're out there. Doing what you would die for
Believing , till there is no turning back."
-J. Farrar
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The Seeker's Way
The teacher posed the observation on the last day
Of the year that it would give birth to a new day
And the hope-filled anticipated new year,
"The beginning started with endings and
The ending a garden is ready for new beginnings."
Panta rhei (everything flows)
Impermanence is , change is , no thing lasts,
That which is will pass making room for the next.
Inhaling leads to exhaling , acorns feeding hungry critters
And those fallen nuggets left behind sprouting into trees.
Waking not knowing if what is lived or what is is a dream
All the defenses slowly fade into the morning mist
Clouds slowly burning away by the birthing holy light
Bathing everything in the ocean of love and mercy.
Every encounter , every breath, every thought , query and conviction
The great formation unending -
Sherpa companions guided him through the maze
Where now new Friends welcome him with opened hearts
Delivering the seeker to the now ,
Another unforeseen portal to pass through on the way.
Baggage unloading ready to receive and listen
To the sacred voice within.
Wind blown chimes seem to sing sweetly Neruda's lament
"I want to feel the gentleness that changed my destiny."
What is next is ambiguous at its best.
Truth always present as a choice and yet some wayward pilgrims
Select contentment with ignorance.
The solitudinal sojourning seeker is living proof of how
Prodigals are loved regardless of their distractions and meanderings..
No benefit of surveyors , maps or navigational tools
No direction , no goal needed except to let go and let
The wind and waves carry willing souls
To be where they need to be.
Some making this passage awake to the present
Savoring with gratitude for the sanctification.
Late starts , slow progress do not hinder or restrict
Dark horse seekers from being authentic spirits.
It is how one is mindful and bathes in the light
Loving , working for peace and serving those in need
That matters. Isn't it?.
- JF Sobecki
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Setlist for a New Year
Nee Of Solitude - Mary Chapin Carpenter
(In gratitude for my new "Friends")
On The way to Find Out - C. Stevens
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Learn To Be Still - The Eagles
No Turning Back - Son Volt
Morning Phase - Beck
Windfall- J. Farrar (Son Volt)
Heaven, I go Where True Love Goes - C. Stevens(Yusuf)
"Music exists when there is the gift of silence in-between the notes"
AMDG
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