Your favorite song . . . you’ve heard it a hundred times, but this time the words get muffled, the music becomes indistinct. Curiously, it becomes more intriguing because of what has disappeared. Your favorite meal . . . grill-lined steak, glass of red wine, your favorite companion, the exquisite ambience of the restaurant. But …
Author Archives: Kumi
Reaching for ‘What Is Next’
You’ve been running for hours. It becomes quite obvious that what you will reach out for is some kind of liquid refreshment. But let’s say all of your bodily needs have been met. There’s no thirst or hunger of any kind. And, for sake of discussion, assume you have no problems with which to contend. …
No Answer?
Sometimes, what seems insurmountable, yields easily to a new perspective. Take your concern and juxtapose it with the Infinite. Put it under a new light. Take away all boundaries. When all possibilities suddenly apply . . . an amazing solution is imminent.
Moments of Perfection
Not . . . driving down Pacific Coast Highway with the top down on a pristine fall day. That is a moment of exhilaration. Consider . . . those all too infrequent experiences when we are motionless, or maybe even going in reverse. Those times when we are; deserted, alone. When we have – given …
The Iron Façade
We all have an ‘artificial appearance’ that pretty much accompanies us wherever we go. An un-penetrable barrier that we have fabricated to hide our self-proclaimed shortcomings. But every so often an item with special appeal comes into our life that has the unique capacity to touch our hearts – no matter how thick the armor …
Last Week . . . How Was Your Harvest?
Aside from the interactions with friends, shopping, eating, sleeping, working: anything special? Did any part of the graph top the charts? Or, did some times bottom out and become memorable because they were so low? Last week was the sum total of your thoughts and what they produced in your life. The good stuff, the …
It’s Your Turn
Let go. Become invisible. Vanish. Listen. It’s not about you. Cease your input. Turn off your mind. Exhortations to hopefully meditate better or bring the possibility of interaction with the Infinite closer. It’s always so selfish . . . How can I win? What can I get out of this. What can it do for …
200 Words on Slips of Paper
And they make up the entirety of our conversational rhetoric. Scramble them around and there’s a sentence. Keep doing that and a paragraph is formed. The only difference between the old ones and the contemporary ones is choosing word #118 rather than #12. Pick them at random . . . still there will be nothing …
Happiness or Contentment?
‘Contentment’ is the foundation of a cat. Happiness is just a fleeting feeling that comes and goes. Contentment seeps in all the crevasses and pores. It’s not just a feeling but a state. With ‘happiness’ comes the possibility of unhappiness. Contentment is what remains after all is said and done. It is the default essence. …
Beyond Measure
‘Out beyond the idea of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.’ For me, the highest quote that could ever be conceived. I remember when I first read those words. It was as if someone knew my deepest self much, much better than I did and said, ‘Here’s your …
The Infinite 