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Gus and I get pretty stir crazy so we got the bike

Gus and I get pretty stir crazy so we got the bike and headed down the dusty country road alone the wheat fields. I didn’t know they thresh the fields while they’re still green. Especially when the other side of the road had brown wheat, like you’d expect to see.
That’s not the only peculiarity.
We decided to stay the course and headed to explore the dusty, forgotten town of Winterhaven. That would be the one street.
I said Gus, don’t expect much, as we rounded the corner. Just on our immediate right, we were blindsided by this masterpiece of a back yard, which, to their credit, is the quintessential and otherwise perfect characterization of how it is, in these here parts.

All of these items, discarded in such an interesting way. Each with their stories of other places, lives, times. You can almost hear the voices.
Kind of like us. We will eventually be a set of bones, and eventually the original dust of the Big Bang.
Or one of them at least.
As we were leaving, to our delight, a man hanging by one arm swung through the hole where a door 🚪 was in what we thought was an abandoned trailer, and said, “Is there something I can help you with...?” Not a thing sir. The photo says it all.

Being alone out here is like, sitting with all of

Being alone out here is like, sitting with all of my feelings in my body from infinite experiences.
Those feelings lead me, as a yogi, to the deepest subterrains that I’ve ever felt within my soul. Floods and flashes and feelings and snapshots of moments. As if you’re in that state of mind of that time and place. Or as if you’re in a dream.
Some of these feelings are exuberance. Vitality. Strength. Power. The primordial drive to survive.
But when I remember any moment, any sad thing; the loss of any of my dogs, beautiful moments with women I’ve loved, bad or good it unravels and unfolds me and I’m short of breath, falling inward in grief.
That range is what takes place a lot out here. Like a movie. A confusing movie with an impossibly complex, or ridiculously simple plot.
It. is indeed like that.
May we all understand who we really are before we run out of time. Tick, tick, tick.

“If you stand in the light, you get the feel of

“If you stand in the light,
you get the feel of the ride
And the music that plays in your ears

In your head you can hear,
a voice so sweet and clear
And the music that plays in your head

As it flows up from the ground
Taking all who hear that sound
Close your eyes, its about to begin”

Strange experiences, I’d say such as this, but there is no such as this, so let’s say as in this one right now. Which happens to be a world event. Shock state.
This state that many of us are in can be transformed depending on our view.
Earth. 🌍 Air 💨 Fire 🔥 Water 💦
Calling in the power of the elements to purify at the root. Ease the suffering. Clear our minds. Bring light. Bring deep peace.
La olam amen 🙏🏻

“So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,

“So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?” Looking out over the fields as steady flowing winds from the West blend millions of blades of long grassy pastures, I felt the memory of my past life and everything I knew about it. Just the memory. Distant. What is this new life? Who am I here, in this way? When can I go home, and oh, where is it.
Looking out over these beautiful green fields, while knowing that before they’re harvested, hundreds of thousands more will be dead or infected, I’m not so sure I can tell Heaven from Hell anymore.

IG post 4-5-20 “out here in the fields I fough

IG post 4-5-20 “out here in the fields I fought for my meals put my back into my livin’ 
I don’t need to fight to prove I’m right
and I don’t need to be forgiven

yeah"

as another day closes the exponential rate of contagion spikes

it will continue

hospitals are beginning to get overwhelmed

the fear grows “hello darkness, my old friend it’s good to talk w you again”

some of us are no strangers to this fear for it has run our lives

and for those of us with tools it’s time to use them use everything that you’ve learned

it’s time

zen af
no matter what

I fell in to a burnin’ 🥵 ring of fire 🔥 D

I fell in to a burnin’ 🥵 ring of fire 🔥 Down, down, down the flames get higher. Burn, burn, burn, ring of fire. 🔥🔥Ring of Fire 🔥🔥 OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM May the scorching flames of all wrathful dirties burn the Coronavirus wherever it lives. May it be eradicated right now throughout all dimensions. May all beings be kind and free. 🙏🏻

Space is empty. Our body is clear like glass. We a

Space is empty. Our body is clear like glass. We are empty of inherent existence. With our body we assume the position. With our voice we speak the sacred syllable. In the center of the earth manifesta the red seed syllable HSRI (shree). We see it with our mind. SHRI again, we manifest as Medicine Buddha. The seed syllable at our heart center we manifest the natural sound of the mantra. TAYAYA OM BEKANDZIE BEKANDZIE MAHA BEKANDZE RADZA SAMINGATW SOHA. Over and over we change the sacred sound and spread blue light through every atom of space. In that space appears a new medicine Buddha, spreading infinite light to heal every being, dissolve all disease and pestilence. Keep chanting people. Keep sending the light of love and healing in the ten directions. Let the light return to you and cause healing and protection. Keep sending light. Keep the medicine Buddha in your heart at all times. Know the vibration of the mantra in silence. Know it in secret. “Who shall ascent to the hill of the Lord, the Secret Place of the Most High?” Those that have clean hands (yes, the Bible says that$ and a pure heart. Such as we are describing here. Mindful. Compassionate. We operate from Wise Mind, not some bullshit. Do this. Don’t stop until it’s over. OM AH HUM. May app beings be few of suffering. May the oceans of samara be empty of all suffering. Namaste people of Earth. And peace the f&c@ our. ✌🏻 🙏🏻

We call in the benevolent helpers and spirits of t

We call in the benevolent helpers and spirits of the land, the mountains, the rivers. All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and the ten directions. Open the mandala for us to receive guidance and wisdom. We call in the spirits of the North, South, East, West. Heed us your warnings. Help us know the truth of our hearts not the stories of the mind. Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Bring in the elements to balance us rightly. We call in Pachamama. The soul of this earth. Heal us. Heal us all of our arrogance and folly. Help us trust your whispers as we navigate from darkness to eternal light. OM AH HUM. MAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE. Without exception. All. 🌈🙏🏻🌈

Space is empty. Our body is clear like glass. We a

Space is empty. Our body is clear like glass. We are empty of inherent existence. With our body we assume the position. With our voice we speak the sacred syllable. In the center of the earth manifesta the red seed syllable HSRI (shree). We see it with our mind. SHRI again, we manifest as Medicine Buddha. The seed syllable at our heart center we manifest the natural sound of the mantra. TAYAYA OM BEKANDZIE BEKANDZIE MAHA BEKANDZE RADZA SAMINGATW SOHA. Over and over we change the sacred sound and spread blue light through every atom of space. In that space appears a new medicine Buddha, spreading infinite light to heal every being, dissolve all disease and pestilence. Keep chanting people. Keep sending the light of love and healing in the ten directions. Let the light return to you and cause healing and protection. Keep sending light. Keep the medicine Buddha in your heart at all times. Know the vibration of the mantra in silence. Know it in secret. “Who shall ascent to the hill of the Lord, the Secret Place of the Most High?” Those that have clean hands (yes, the Bible says that$ and a pure heart. Such as we are describing here. Mindful. Compassionate. We operate from Wise Mind, not some bullshit. Do this. Don’t stop until it’s over. OM AH HUM. May app beings be few of suffering. May the oceans of samara be empty of all suffering. Namaste people of Earth. And peace the f&c@ our. ✌🏻 🙏🏻

IG 3-27-20 We need silence and stillness more now

IG 3-27-20

We need silence and stillness more now than ever. Let your mind rest. Come to a seat with a straight back. Belly in, chest up, shoulders back, neck long. Breathe in, raise your arms. Breathe out, let it go. 3x.
Let your eyes be partly open, and still. Not darting around. Let your body be still. Breath natural. Be in silence. Allow what arises. When distracted, come back to the practice. Notice the experience of body, energy and mind.
Be still. Be stillness.
I am still. I am stillness.

May all beings be free of suffering, right now please. #stillness #silence

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