Stirrup of the Sun & Moon. Frank LaRue Owen

World

      of Flowing Movement Without Grasping.

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      To the tune of “Tending the Embers” / MESMER / Roy Mattson

      Alpenglow

      “Be the barrier. When you are the barrier,

      there isn’t any barrier. When you are the barrier

      with the whole body and mind, it fills the universe.”

      —John Daido Loori, Zen master (1931-2009),

      Dharma talk: “Suffering and Empowerment”

      Become the cold rain

      and the rain ceases to be cold.

      Become betrayal’s rage

      and a trapdoor opens

      onto the grief you’re hiding there.

      Become the well-attended despair

      and depression starts to release

      because you’ve given its voice

      a hallowed space.

      Become the anxiety

      and it reveals itself

      as the intelligent awareness

      of your inverted bravery.

      Become the fear

      then surrender

      to becoming larger than it,

      cascading gently

      into your dormant fearlessness.

      Become the longing for a lover

      and you realize there is only The One

      and never really has been an ‘Other’.

      Become the space of the chasm

      and there is no place

      where you are not home.

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      To the tune of “Luminescence” / Particle Horizon / Ascendant