peace

I have seen Gregory Colbert's website Ashes and Snow on more than a few blogs and his stunningly beautiful photographs always bring tears to my eyes.



Colbert says "In exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards rediscovering the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals. The images depict a world that is without beginning or end, here or there, past or present."

On occasion when I meditate I receive visions. I've had a vision of healing elephants in India with some type of healing touch modality. Don't know when, where, why, or how, it just is. I don't attach to it, it just is. I also know that the next step on my Path is somehow combining a touch healing modality with yoga and taking it on the road, so to speak, away from whatever is holding me back.

The photos on this website bring me a profound peace. I hope they do the same for you. Enjoy them until my return.


WALKING MEDITATION

Take my hand.
We will walk.
We will only walk.
We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
Walk peacefully.
Walk happily.
Our walk is a peace walk.
Our walk is a happiness walk.

Then we learn that there is no peace walk;
that peace is the walk;
that there is no happiness walk;
that happiness is the walk.
We walk for ourselves.
We walk for everyone
always hand in hand.

Walk and touch peace every moment.
Walk and touch happiness every moment.
Each step brings a fresh breeze.
Each step makes a flower bloom under our feet.
Kiss the Earth with your feet.
Print on Earth your love and happiness.

Earth will be safe
when we feel in us enough safety.

Thich Nhat Hanh,
Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh