…It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold…. ~ David Whyte
What do you see?
Eye opening
Summer nights
Summer moon rising
letting go of daytime heat
humid spaciousness
What is summer evenings invitation?
Traveling
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars . . . and they pass by themselves without wondering. —St. Augustine, Confessions
How do you marvel at yourself?
Eye of the storm
Howard Thurman loved to watch the ocean. It gave him a sense of “the ebb and flow of circumstances”. Storms did not frighten him, “unafraid I was held by the storm’s embrace.” They gave him an “overring immunity against most of the pain with which I would have to deal in the years ahead when the ocean was just a memory. The sense held: I felt rooted in life, in nature, in existence.”
How do you reach the stillness of the eye?
Waters
Puddles, ponds, lakes, rivers, ocean – each unique in its shape and rhythm…ebb and flow, rapid or meandering, clear or rippling, still and reflective or with an invitation to splash.
What water are you drawn to?
Question mark
Question mark
the length of silence
after a loon’s call ~ from Modern Haiku
How does it draw you?
With the Eyes of the Heart 