Motion in the Ocean

After a most lovely, and official 'last' night out on the town, many farewells and many songs danced to, I thought I was laughin' knowing that I had been hooked up with a free float plane ride straight to the ol' airport where my travels to Fiji and New Zealand would begin. Booya.

Ha, I'm a big truster of the universe and knew that everything would work out just fine. Wake up early, grab a coffee, stroll to the harbour and take flight. Well well well, little lady, there are way more exciting ways to start a trip than that. 

In bed by 4:30, hilariously fully clothed and using a towel as a blanket since I've given away literally everything I own (FREEDOM) I get a little text on my phone just after 7 saying that the first 2 floatplanes have been cancelled because of the wind. Whew! One little thing that had never even crossed my mind - Mother Nature. 

Super scramble to wake up my beloved roomies in a panic, needing a lift to the ferry ASAP, and sharing quick but precious kisses goodbye. Much love ;)

Of course, what else can you do but laugh. It really was a perfect wake-up call to say, 
"Hey ya lil shit, be ready for anything".

Like beads rolling on a tray...

sudden, ready, uninhibited. 

Classic. 

The ride to the ferry was a mix between disbelief, laughs, reggae music and the realization that this was the exact way my journey was meant to start. And guess who decided to show up to make sure I knew all was good and I was on the right path? Mr. Majestic Bald Eagle. Call me a hippy maann, but I have one serious and amazing connection with Eagles. Thank you thank you thank you. 

Of course, everything falls into place as it's supposed to, and a BIG thank goodness for you amazing people who helped a sister out!

The adventures have only just begun :) 

To the beach, boii!

haha peace out

M

do the twist

Pure Genius.

Led Zep you said it

Have literally been listening to this song several times daily. 

Word for word, currently the soundtrack of my life. 

Word for word.

Ramble on.

Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. 

Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. 

But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way. 

For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. 

Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do... 

Ramble On, And now's the time, the time is now, to sing my song. 

I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way. 

I've been this way ten years to the day, Ramble On, 

Gotta find the queen of all my dreams. 

Got no time to for spreadin' roots, The time has come to be gone. 

And to' our health we drank a thousand times, it's time to Ramble On. 

Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear. 

How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air. 

T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair. 

But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah. 

Gonna ramble on, sing my song. Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby... 

Gonna work my way, round the world. I can't stop this feelin' in my heart 

Gotta keep searchin' for my baby. I can't find my bluebird!

Movember

oh to be by the sea

quotation station

"I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. 

I've been knocking from the inside."
- Rumi

Do the Bernie

"He may be dead, but he's still the life of the party."

written in Pen: August 24, 2010

... and the decision was made. 

Time to spread the love-light somewhere new. 

Let's chase the summer, 

to the other side of the world. 

Adventures to be had, and wild stories to be shared... 
oh you just wait.

Basic Hip

"3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house" 

"6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind"

"19. Accept loss forever 

"20. Believe in the holy contour of life".

"9. The unspeakable visions of the individual"

"7. Blow as deep as you want to blow 

"17. Write in recollection and amazement for yourself"

 "8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind".

have a little read... 'The Buddha and the Goddess'

 Once the Buddha was walking
 along the forest path in the Oak Grove at Ojai,
 walking without arriving anywhere or having any
 thought of arriving or not arriving.

 And lotuses, shining with the morning dew
 miraculously appeared under every step
 Soft as silk beneath the toes of the Buddha.

 When suddenly, out of the turquoise sky,
 dancing in front of his half-shut inward-looking
 eyes, shimmering like a rainbow
 or a spider's web
 transparent as the dew on a lotus flower
 --the Goddess appeared quivering
 like a hummingbird in the air before him.
 

She, for she was surely a she
 as the Buddha could clearly see
 with his eye of discriminating awareness wisdom,
 was mostly red in color
 though when the light shifted
 she flashed like a rainbow.
 She was naked except
 for the usual flower ornaments
 goddesses wear.
 Her long hair
 was deep blue, her eyes fathomless pits
 of space, and her third eye a bloodshot
 song of fire.
 

The Buddha folded his hands together
 and greeted the Goddess thus:
 "O goddess, why are you blocking my path?
 Before I saw you I was happily going nowhere.
 Now I'm not so sure where I go."
 "You can go around me,"
 said the Goddess, twirling on her heel like a bird
 darting away,
 but just a little way away,
 "or you can come after me
 but you can't pretend I'm not here,
 This is my forest, too."
 With that the Buddha sat
 supple as a snake
 solid as a rock
 beneath a Bo tree
 that sprang full-leaved
 to shade him.
 "Perhaps we should have a chat,"
 he said.
 "After years of arduous practice
 at the time of the morning star
 I penetrated reality and."
 "Not so fast, Buddha," the Goddess said,
 "I am reality."

 The earth stood still,
 the oceans paused,
 the wind itself listened
 --a thousand arhats, bodhisattvas and dakinis
 magically appeared to hear
 what would happen in the conversation.
 "I know I take my life in my hands,"
 said the Buddha,
 "But I am known as the Fearless One
 --so here goes."

 And he and the Goddess
 without further words
 exchanged glances.
 Light rays like sun beams
 shot forth
 so brightly that even
 Sariputra, the All-Seeing One,
 had to turn away.
 

 And then they exchanged thoughts
 And the illumination was as bright as a diamond candle
 And then they exchanged minds
 And there was a great silence as vast as the universe
 that
 contains everything
 And then they exchanged bodies
 And then clothes
 And the Buddha arose
 as the Goddess
 and the Goddess arose as the Buddha.
 And so on back and forth
 for a hundred thousand hundred thousand kalpas.
 

If you meet the Buddha
 you meet the Goddess.
 If you meet the Goddess,
 you meet the Buddha.
 Not only that. This:
 The Buddha is emptiness,
 The Goddess is bliss.
 The Goddess is emptiness,
 The Buddha is bliss.
 And that is what
 And what-not you are
 It's true.

 So here comes the mantra of the Goddess and the
 Buddha,
 the unsurpassed non-dual mantra. Just to say this
 mantra,just to hear this mantra once, just to hear one word
 of this mantra once makes everything the way it truly is: OK.
 

So here it is:
 Earth-walker/sky-walker
 Hey silent one, Hey great talker
 Not two/ not one
 Not separate/ not apart
 This is the heart
 Bliss is emptiness
 Emptiness is bliss
 Be your breath, Ah
 Smile, Hey, And relax, Ho
 Remember: You can't miss.

That's what He said

"A broken heart hurts way more than broken bones."
-Are Dub

You said it brother.

Read on.

"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
-Buddha

Ain't that the truth.

Your lows will have their compliment of highs. Grab a ticket for the healing train, and buckle up. Enjoy the scenery, enjoy the ride. Be attentive to what arises within you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. 

And so with Life.

One more thing, for good measure...

Party on Wayne :)

all the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey

I have literally been California Dreamin' FOR DAYS.

Generally, I cope with the change of seasons quite well. Normally a big fan of fall. But this grey and rainy time around Victoria, I am more than ready to be on a hot, sandy beach in the glorious sunshine, lathered in coconut oil. Getting massaged by a strong, beautiful, tanned mustang of a man.
Oh ya.
Sun worshipper? Guilty as charged.

UniverSa

Twiggy Stardust, universally.

what's in a name?

Like beads rolling on a tray;
sudden, ready, uninhibited.

Words to live by, don't mind if I do!

Heard this quote in a teaching by Michael Stone (Yogi extraordinaire and handsome devil). Set some bells off for me, for sure.

Sudden, ready, uninhibited. Mmhhm.

You see, my mama always told me to share.

Words, images, thoughts, experiences, this, that and the like...

I gladly share with you here. For the love of all things beady, bright and on the move.

En joy,

M