Drifting Awake

hmmm…

Richard Farrell — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:00:19 +0000

what if arising anger were no less “it” than meditative bliss?

Posted in human living, the unsayable

on a clear day you can see

Richard Farrell — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:00:38 +0000

thoughts occurring of themselves and the I, one amongst them

Posted in human living, the unsayable

coming and going

Richard Farrell — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:00:56 +0000

fortunate to recognize when your time has come,
more fortunate to recognize when it has gone

Posted in human living

it’s a pleasure

Richard Farrell — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:00:02 +0000

pleasure of age –
driving through orchards
excited by blossoms

Posted in human living, moments

interdependence

Richard Farrell — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:00:42 +0000

no thing is any thing in itself

Posted in human living, the unsayable

pointing at nothing

Richard Farrell — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:00:06 +0000

the unsayable speaks for itself

Posted in the unsayable

life is like a roller coaster

Richard Farrell — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:00:07 +0000

life is like a roller coaster: it’s not obvious that you can relax and enjoy the ride

Posted in human living, the unsayable

solutions

Richard Farrell — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:00:48 +0000

there are no real solutions to the problems of living, only dissolutions

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more on enough

Richard Farrell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:00:32 +0000

without dwelling in the question of how much is enough, we are unlikely to experience having it

Posted in human living

love, trust, forgiveness

Richard Farrell — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:00:45 +0000

trust and forgiveness are the front and the back of the hand of love

Posted in human living

the art of living

Richard Farrell — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:00:49 +0000

one version of the art of living: learning to be how and what you are

Posted in human living

Yolo February

Richard Farrell — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:00:17 +0000

blossoms sway
lightly
after rain
a petal
then another
falls

Posted in moments

two questions

Richard Farrell — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:00:13 +0000

two questions for hard (or any) times –

what matters?
how much is enough?

Posted in human living

a-drift

Richard Farrell — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:36 +0000

when you no longer push the river, the river no longer pushes you

Posted in human living, the unsayable

amazing grace

Richard Farrell — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:00:30 +0000

amazing grace,
how sweet the sound. . .
        the story
I tell myself I am
        resolving
                . . . into song

Posted in human living, the unsayable

illusion

Richard Farrell — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:00:56 +0000

the illusion of control is the most fundamental (and cruelest) illusion of all

Posted in human living, the unsayable

transparent

Richard Farrell — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:00:59 +0000

transparent: air to the bird, water to the fish, language to ourselves

Posted in human living

once upon a valentine

Richard Farrell — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:00:32 +0000

all dreams of flowers
(i love you more)
are nothing so much
(than words can hold)
as reflections of your face
(or heart can say)
caught in a smile

with apologies and thanks to ee cummings

Posted in human living, moments

Point Reyes winter day

Richard Farrell — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:00:31 +0000

bare branches soak in silence
broken once only
by the cry of a crow

Posted in moments

never just words

Richard Farrell — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:05:46 +0000

the world emerging as we speak . . .
could even the gods ask for more?

Posted in human living