the perfect time

the perfect time

waiting for the perfect time

how do we know when that time arrives..?

what if we would remember that 

in Reality there is no time or when

so in the moment we remember

we have now arrived at

the perfect time...!

war ironies

war ironies

as conflict rages

flowing innocent blood

and rising compassion

one side finds

compassion as weapon

and as victory..

the other side

recalling dark patterns

painfully inflicts pain

awaits understanding

only slow to come..

but perhaps yet

a darkened door

ajar allowing light

a possible entry

to wholeness

over there

in here...

the Placeless place

the Placeless place

a universal need

hidden from view

to pass through

our seeming separation

to a place

a Placeless place

for a healing look

at the separation

we seem to endure..

history's many crutches

a miner's day in darkness

ends each week with

drink imbibing destroying..

the hippie generation

their psychedelics escape

 saw war's separation..

now in these years 

the endogenous drugs

have shown common

experiential dimensions..

and the longing remains

and the pain

to find a way to

truth and peace

only found in

the Placeless place...

Now

Now

always a return

to Now

to freedom from 

constraining time

Now is a teacher

the only teacher

and the lesson

you ask..?

that time has never

been experienced

not then or now or soon

the lesson reprograms

and we transform..

Now is ever present

ready for our

return once again

return for renewal..

but Now we can

reenter time

refreshed and

Aware...

What is Non-duality..?

Pillar Stretch Series

August 11, 2014

Mackenzie Place (Union at Fillmore)

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

No cost

Topic:  What is Nonduality..?

Presenter:  Charlie Coon

For thousand of years, through deep inner inquiry, philosophers and sages have came to the realization that there is only one substance and we are therefore all part of it. This substance can be called Awareness, Consciousness, Spirit, Advaita, Brahman, Tao, Nirvana or even God. It is constant, ever present, unchangeable and is the essence of all existence... The central challenge to understanding nonduality may be that it exists beyond language, because once it has been named, by definition — and paradoxically — a duality has been created. Even the statement “all things are one” creates a distinction between “one” and “not-one”! Hardly any wonder that nonduality has been misunderstood, particularly in the West. (Science and Nonduality -SAND)

We will view and discuss two short films by nonduality teachers:  Rupert Spira and Adyashanti..

the cat and I

the cat and I

the cat in the sun

warmth with ease 

interrupted by a 

swallowtail soaring

circling

the cat stirs

from her quiet

something ancient calls

and in a close circle

a leap to join

merge with the path

but alas for the cat

an impossible wish

and now 

just the sun

and rest

but now a bird

on the feeder..

all these distractions 

from the sun
our distractions

the cat and I...

a moment in august

a moment in august

As

one year is added

to the years we've shared

the present moment

glows with such coloring

 as together we've seen..

grant hall to yesterday's soft rain

a son's and a great grand's

 early ventures in ecstatic first steps

fort bridger and a fort not yet seen

a brown dog with a circle of cats

three boys in summertime immersed

brown texas and a new cowboy's duds

awestricken with a palette of autumn..

These

made this moment live

my morning in warm august sun

 drying the raindrops and tears

a wish for my dear diane

graced by her best friend's rose

a joyful birthday with 
my love...

August 2, 2014

Charlie