Daily Dose - Oct 13 2013 - SUNday/Helios/Ra - Life is Vibrant, Patient, and Flowing

• I have a sometimes frustrating tendency to quickly mark any white clothes I've been given*. Does that in some way reflect how easily my mind falters? Or that I am inevitably doomed to constantly fall short (even if by a pen-point sized margins) of any kind of perfection? How gloomy.
  
  Nay, I think not. I think such marks are healthy expressions of character (and cosmic humor). The Mystery is endless, so is the journey through and of it. The key to the enigmatic goal of realization is the Presence of Love and the magic of gratitude. Such, I think, are the colorful marks of character that make life vibrant, exciting and new.
  -circa 2010 * since then this no longer seems to be an issue ;).

• Learning patience can not be rushed.
  

"The Master gives himself up

to whatever the moment brings.

He knows that he is going to die,

and he has nothing left to hold on to:

no illusions in his mind,

no resistances in his body.

He doesn't think about his actions;

they flow from the core of his being.

He holds nothing back from life;

therefore he is ready for death,

as a man is ready for sleep

after a good day's work."

-50, Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell

Proper Dose Series Intro

So I am here, with you, now.

This is the beginning of at least a series of posts, sharing and expressing insight and inspirations from life, through the personality of who I am now. From the point of view of a Yogi Shaman.

As it is with each of us, the Shaman and Yogi sit silently and still long into the night by the Fire, serene and at peace, ever fulfilling their sacred duty in this world of sharing and living the miracle and joy of being given the gift of life. Knowing always that the sacred fire they watch is a reflection of the fire within themselves and within each and every being and moment of life - driving us forward, giving us hope and giving us every coming breath. They are the fire and the fire is them. We are the fire.

The Fire is of course a metaphor for the One from whom all metaphors come and just whom they are describing. And each of us is a worthy and deserving perspective and expression of the One Reality. These installments of wisdom are my pearls to offer unto you, my fellow family. Not because I feel I have some thing to teach you, but rather because I am grateful for the lessons life has taught me thus far. I do it so that I may help in my own way, to give thanks and give back, for life teaches us all the same lessons, merely revealing them at different times. All with whom I have interacted have taught me the greatest lessons - Life, Nature, and Each Other are our greatest teachers.

I also have decided to share my thoughts with a desire to use it further develop my life - to bring more meaning and purpose in to yours as well as my own - by utilizing this not only as a tool and actual practice (sadhana) of self exploration and introspection, but of creativity and proper expression. In due time, I have no doubt (and all hope and faith) that the fruits of these offered actions in service will bring at the very least more joy in to my life as well as other avenues for sharing the light of the torch that is to change the world.

I pray that my perceptions (and after all, that is all they are) touch you meaningfully, move you, bring you insight, and at the very least remind you occasionally of the beauty and miracle of life, at least amuse you pleasantly.

With the kindest regard and well thought intentions