{"id":8125,"date":"2017-04-01T13:19:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T20:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T23:57:18","slug":"depths-of-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8125","title":{"rendered":"Depths of Feeling…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of: ‘Pussy willow’ by adab8ca – Flickr
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The planet has a way of catching you by surprise\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 if you allow it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and are open to its seductive pull. Spring tends to entice, by color, light, kindly temperatures, scented breezes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 certain flowers spawn tranquil feelings\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 like pussy willows… They seem to induce positive responses, an underlying appreciation, and a sense of wonder\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 an \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcat homeness<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 within. I found this quote today\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our ability to open the depths of feeling gets stronger as we practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We are not observers: we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re participants. As we contemplate, we also conduct light \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the thoughts \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcshine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, the rhythm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcshown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, informing space\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s magical play\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 As we journey, cresting wave after wave, towards the heart of time\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 This unity is the natural birthplace of compassion\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 time is our teacher.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.’<\/em>Keys of Knowledge<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Tarthang Tulku, p.101-2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regarding that inward tranquility\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I came across these words from my friend Ken\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Excerpt from the poem\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nABOVE CARPENTERIA, WEST OF 101<\/strong>
\n\tBy Ken McKeon<\/p>\n

A line up of pussy willows
\n They casually convene
\n In a tidal seepage swamp spread,
\n By a railroad track,
\n Oily ties,
\n Crumbly granite bed,
\n A big boulder sea wall,
\n A lunar modulated strip of sand,
\n That keeps changing,
\n Silver sweeps of bubbly spreading flows,<\/p>\n

They take my breath away,
\n I’d follow them anywhere,
\n Near break, further break, nearly final break,<\/p>\n

Then the full throated hollow building crashing outside break,
\n High spill of tubular rolling tight fisted surf unleashed,
\n That’s where the play is,
\n Always the midnight towering wave lift,
\n The spilling crush of life’s wave,
\n It is my heart, the right here, the everywhere,
\n And it opens out to the dark vast sea,
\n Westward moving,
\n This continuous stillness,
\n It murmurs, it seethes,<\/p>\n

It is the soul’s hearth,
\n And it is my home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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