Zen Sense

I am reading Learning to Pray , by James Martin. In it he tries to release us from our limiting views of prayer and of God. There are no wrong ways to pray and we may be praying and not recognize it as such.  *** So I try closing my eyes and waiting...just as I did as a youth in church long ago. What appears out of nowhere (God?) is an image of a perfectly made shoe... laced and soft leather, tan and simply floating in perfect light. Eyes closed yet still seeing it, I ask where these images come from...before me now and in my dreams? Could they be a gift of God's grace? An assurance of his presence and loving grace...to give just what is needed and release...like a good parent?  I feel and welcome this blessing as I am thankful for small things... so many of them... from hot water in the shower, the sun on grass, new birds on the feeder, a car that runs, the understanding of friens,  all the way to the love from Ann and family, all just given. I am moved by al...

Letting go of control we never had..hope you can open it. A  Taoist Lesson https://open.spotify.com/episode/41kK7q1tY4Vb4U1cnoU50X?si=jValsfksRDeOIp-MokP6yQ&t=579&pi=A1XMRKmiRWq8M

Thanks to Sam Watson for sharing this. 

Albert Camus: What counts is to be human and simple. No, what counts is to be true, and then everything fits in, humanity and simplicity. When am I truer than when I am the world?… What I wish for now is no longer happiness but simply awareness… I hold onto the world with every gesture, to men with all my gratitude and pity. I do not want to choose between the right and wrong sides of the world, and I do not like a choice… The great courage is still to gaze as squarely at the light as at death. Besides, how can I define the link that leads from this all-consuming love of life to this secret despair?… In spite of much searching, this is all I know.