Headless ecology: it’s the most subtle view of ecology, dealing with life in relation to specific surroundings, systems, and yet really it’s a seamless transition, the diversity of one thing seen in full display. This is the interdependence of all things, seeing that the study of one ecological system is…

Most subtle point of listening: to the most subtle point of listening, with the mantra grown so faint, softly repeated though an almost infinite field of silence — and it’s just the listening now, my only true presence found, perhaps being the most subtlest point of all. until even this…

Belonging to the earth: belonging to the earth, and at no point are we ever removed from this, our bodies made of elements of this deep participation, only differing in arrangement of ingredients, we are the same stuff and structure as every other aspect of the world. we belong to…

Some mornings: there are some mornings when ideas aren’t readily available, the desire to write is still strong, but words seem to elude me, inspiration’s not so easily found. It’s not often, usually themes abound, my mind is eager with ideas and it’s just a matter of allowing the words…

Small devastation’s: we are all marked by some form of loss, each of us — and from the moment we come into the world, perhaps even well before, it’s continuous, small devastation’s that life offers through its course, and it seems we become somewhat immune to their notice, scarred and…

Just a few words: tomorrow marks a year since my dad passed away, and I’m not sure that I have the right words to note this occasion, or any words really, perhaps the gloom of weather suits my thoughts and mood best and I should simply pass the day in…

Waking early: waking early to appreciate the silence, the world is hushed in slow activity of easing towards the day, and it seems that whatever sounds occur are quickly reclaimed by the morning’s quiet hold. It’s a sacred time, mystics commune with God at this hour, praying silent tones, listening…

Of six elements: we consist mainly of six elements, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium, and phosphorus — that’s 99% of the human body, with five more elements rounding out the last 0.85%. These are the common ingredients of the universe as well, of which 70% remains hydrogen left over from…

Common ancestry: there’s a common ancestry to the world, to the universe, everything, all being born from the creative burst of a singularity of existence, every element and particle of matter was created in just that moment. It’s when we really came to be, our true birth from nothingness to…