Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Eagle Vision...

I dream of an invitation/riddle...

"You are walking along, and an eagle flies by, beckoning you to come along with it, but without flying. How do you do it?"

I reply, "drop fully into the body, into beingness, dropping out of the mind and into the breath. There, in the body and the breath, a great spaciousness arises, as if feeling the vast infinity between every cell, every atom. In this grounded, embodied space, suddenly we realize Freedom. And in that freedom there is a sense of flying, yet while fully grounded on the earth."

Another friend, in the dream, responds, "I couldn't find an answer to the riddle because I kept thinking of this pigeon who keeps flying up and getting trapped in my ceiling."

If that isn't an apt metaphor for the challenge in truly meditating...

:-)

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2 Comments:

Blogger SW said...

"You are walking along, and an eagle flies by, beckoning you to come along with it, but without flying. How do you do it?"

Having achieved this state of flying/not flying, soaring while grounded, are you content to be or can you do?

In this new condition can you remember why you are here? Can you find the eagle in the vastness of the sky?

06:14  
Blogger Ariana Saraha said...

In this state of freedom, is there a difference between "being" and "doing"?

:-)

13:56  

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