Clouds

October 18 - Jerusalem, Israel
Journal Entry 6 - "Clouds"


There is something magical about this place. It rained today...


I like to breathe water
from the clouds
before it turns to rain

it's taste is forgiving
and inviting.

After all that we've said and done,
the sky still gives us the sun every
morning when we wake up.

So feel priveleged that we're the ones,
who are given so much and
yet are so undeserving.

I appreciate when my
skin turns to air.
I am fond of being that weightless.

I appreciate when my lungs are
full of cloud water.
I am thankful for that feeling.
Much like the eyes of an old friend,
I am grateful for that energy.



My plan is to travel north from Jerusalem into Turkey, crossing the Bosporus in Istanbul.
I will continue through eastern Europe to find a place of rest.....

Birds

Sept 8 - Libreville, Gabon
Journal Entry 5 - "Birds"


Yesterday i met someone.....


Last night i was inspired,
she affected me like sunlight,
providing vitamins necessary for survival.


Her name was a foregin sky painted in auburn,
her voice was the air, enveloping my back, neck and face
her motion was tactful and engaging.

As we said a prayer the night gave us a song
and gave us a voice so we sang along.

As the melody closed so did our eyes
the song stole our heart rhythms,
though we do not die alone
because we were together.

Last night i became overwhelmed by the moon
but it was only her
full of light, full of magic, nurturing the sky.

We hung on each other's notes and rested our heads
counting the question marks inside each other's eyes.

i waded in, waded out of a golden ocean
but left my body way back in the sea.
Still her motion was tactful and engaging.


The air is starting to change, there is something stirring. I have decided to continue my voyage on land.
I am going to make my way through the deserts and jungles of Africa, and eventually cross the Nile.

Harbor

August 8 - Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Journal Entry 4 - "Harbor"


Here i sit, somewhere in the Port of Spain, debating our existence with someone i've never met.


Read this moment like a rubber-band,
Let it resonate like the birth of a loved one,
please let your opinions be reserved.

You say you've found the world and that you understand it, complete.
You have only found a dead man.

Understanding is only coming when you dispose of the breathless body.

My words are limited: Their meaning is not.
Our lives are limited: Our existence is not.

Be aware for your eyes have deceived you,
Because everything that you can see
is just a piece, a tiny piece, of a letter in an eternal alphabet,
part of a word in a manuscript that never ends.

At this point i'm off on a search to better my tongue,
and for a better description of this state we're all in.

All we need and no more.



I realize how little i know of the world, and soon again i will be lost in the Atlantic, due east.

Waves

July 12 - Kingston, Jamaica
Journal Entry 3 - "Waves"

The ocean makes me feel small. I realize that the waves have a purpose, like letters in an alphabet....

Apostolic
Beliefs
Conjure
Divine
Earthly
Faith,
Gainsaying
Heavenly
Intuition,
Juxtaposing
Kindred
Love.
Make
New
Opposition
Providing
Quizzical
Rationality,
Stunning
Treasure,
Undying
Virtuous
Will
XYZ

No prophet has ever been accepted in his own village.

An owl on a hill knows the moon,
And clear as a river
Like flowers we bloom faster when we're further from the shade.

Before you grow old don't get snipped and sold.

So what about animals and all those poor starving souls, is it really worth our time?
Well here's the thing with time!

It's our apartment, and rent is still due even when our skin skips town.

Since we are all dealt zero sum hands,
We should have a little compassion
But people sure can be incompetent at understanding this concept.

Be offended by the things we've done,
Be offended by the shade of our thumbs.
Be offended by just where we stand.
One day i swear....

No empire has ever been true to those that helped it begin.


They say change, as the troubles of a day can be enough to bring me to my knees. I am going to continue on my journey, heading southeast into the sea....

Campfire

June 23 - Laredo, US/Mexico
Journal Entry 2 - "Campfire"

It is hot today, hotter than i can remember, a time for fire and light. This is the beginning....

Welcome to your life, you better wtach your steps,
Or they could turn to fire that could sear through your shoes
through your feet, move up your legs and eat away your heart
until you walk a path with love.
Then you could be happy and your feet and hands and head and heart will
get along comfortably, and you might even breathe easily.

Albeit obvious,
we hardly seek, but hope to find you there
(if we don't speak, no-one can lend an ear)
(we'll never die, we'll merely disappear)

Makes no difference how hard you try, for any period of time or length of distance
under any pressure, in any environment,
walk your path, but man you better watch your steps
they'll burst into flames if you don't pay the ground just a bit of respect
and walk your path with love
and thank the air above.

With anyone, with anything, or underneath a budding tree
no matter how much you've thought
or how much you've grown
or how much you've learned,
or how much you think you know,
or how much you've grieved,
or you've forgiven,
or how much you love,

You never know what tomorrow will bring.


Soon i will be off, sailing southeast into the Caribbean.

You Are Born Today

Okay, i have decided in light of recent events, and a sudden desire to, that i am going to post one song each day from an album that means alot to me. I know it seems quite a "cheesey" thing to do, posting song lyrics. But i see these songs not just as words just thrown onto paper, but meaningful verses that i wouldn't just type out onto the internet if i didn't think they wouldn't resonate with people. Their deeper meaning is hidden only by their simplicity. Plus the album they are from is one of the greatest albums of modern times, in my opinion at least.

I hope that you enjoy them at least half as much as i do. I'm putting these here so i can read them without having to refer to the booklet all the time! I also thought that certain people might enjoy them. The album is in a journal form, the actual lyrics sung in the song will be obvious.

Okay, because the album has an intro track, i shall post that along with the first "proper" track. Here goes....


June 22 - Somewhere in the desert.
Journal entry 1 - "Summer Solstice"

I can feel it in the air, i know that my time is approaching. The only caertainty i feel is the one for the memories i will gain in the coming months. I pray that i can grow from this experience....

I am the blade of grass
trembling in the breeze
affected by surroundings.

I am the lava
whose path nothing can stop
changing the land for better or for worse.

i am the forest
The one being cut down to size
Only the owls know the secrets that i keep.

I am the sail
the one standing in awe of the wind
Amazed by the great lengths it carries me.

I am a student
The one with an eager mind
I have the most left to learn.

All i see is white.

I can honestly say i haven't felt this way in years. It's as if i was born today, born to set sail the prairie.....

The light......

I stumbled across a website earlier where a lady had written her own simplified synopsis of what she thinks a course in miracles is all "about". I printed this off and i keep it in my pocket to read, because i thinks she puts it beautifully. In the past couple of days, through times when i felt daunted or frustrated by my progress, reading this has put me right back on the path, and shone a beautiful light in front of me......

God is.

God is Mind. God is Spirit. God is Reality.

The experience of God is eternal unity, deep peace and boundless joy. In God, being and experiencing are the same thing.

A Part of God’s Mind has decided not to be God. This is not possible, yet it can be believed. To make it believable, and attesting to the power of this Part of God’s Mind, a physical universe of time and space, full of diverse things, beings and identities seemed to come into being. None of this is real, but through the denial of Reality it is experienced as real.

To God, this is never real. It is a wisp of a thought that has come and gone, in laughter. How could a Part of God not be God?

However, to this Part in all of its many parts, it is very real and serious and heavy. You experience yourself as a part of this Part of God. You live a life separate -- from God, and everything in the world. You are born only to suffer and to die. Because you have chosen not to be whole, you are forever seeking for love and peace and happiness in various forms. You never find it, always having to move on to something else. Being everything God is not, this world is hell. Yet you love it because you made it and it is a part of you.

Deep, deep down you feel you have attacked God and you feel guilty. Because you attack, you expect God to attack you back and punish you. You fear God because of this. You cling to your guilt – partly to punish yourself in the hopes that this will mitigate God’s punishment; partly because your guilt goes hand-in-hand with the world you made as “proof” that you have overcome God.

To maintain your illusion of separation from God, you deny it by projecting it outward so that it seems to have made you. Instead of you rejecting God, it seems God has rejected you. Instead of you having made attack, it seems the world attacks you. Instead of you being guilty, it seems the world is a “sinful” place. Yet you have done all of this. This is not cause for guilt, for it is not real. But its very unreality does call for correction. And the Correction is always with you.

God is still in your mind, because you are still in God’s Mind. This part of your mind always calls to you to return to your natural awareness of Oneness. Only by heeding this Call will you feel whole again. But to do this you have to let go of what you have made to take God’s place and welcome another experience in its place.

The physical world you made is in fact neutral. It is a mirror that reflects back to you what you believe about yourself. It can reflect attack, guilt and fear; or oneness and love. What it shows you depends on which part of your mind you choose to listen to: The part that does not want to be Part of God; or the one that calls you to be One with God again.

Everyone will eventually choose to be One with God again. The only question is: When? How long do you want to be in pain? There are many means for unlearning all the illusions you have taught yourself about yourself, but they all lead to the same experience of Oneness. A Course in Miracles is a shortcut. It uses the experiences of the miracle, the holy instant and the holy relationship to save time. The Course emphasizes experiencing Oneness over accepting a theology, though the theology is necessary as a context for the experience.

Your individual body, personality and behavior do not matter. These are the illusion. It is the Oneness beyond these illusions that is real. Forgiveness recognizes that God is unchanged by any of your illusions. And as you choose forgiveness and allow yourself to experience Oneness more and more, the world will come to reflect God’s love back to you. From there, transition to Heaven, where the awareness of Oneness is all there is, is made easier."

I absolutely love it, and i just wanted to share it with you all. Let me know what you think!