TGIF

It seems part of who we are:

stress-filled stretches of time

and why many say

with an exhale

TGIF..!

Lodged in duality we are

each in her measure..

The root is separation

which some minds know 

but perception argues

with a vengeance..

Might it be suggested

this quick remedy:

a warm immersion

in warm water

as a bath in

Awareness.. 

A remedy always near 

which demonstrates again:

TGIF points to stresses

which together with

the water and you and I

are all expressing 

only Awareness...!

Schedules

are they founded on illusion

of a future in time

time which really

only shades the moment

the Now..?

Yet schedules rule

as our cultural stress

keeping illusion alive...!

Adversity

may be a gift

when it reminds

as gently as possible (!)

of our nondual reality

in which the adversity

is submerged

and in which

it gently dissolves...

Schoolyard bench

Schoolyard bench

Disordered small benches

not arranged in the schoolyard shade

under a pine tree with large and solid

base secure to the earth..

The shade broke the rays and with

a slight breeze some comfort arrived..

Cars in the distance in orderly following

as the children single file emerged and followed..

This micro portrait on a waning summer day

this brief stop for my rest on the bench..

Letting go

Letting go

When in a lifetime

nights lengthen and

the world with us

seems more insistent..

Bad news mixes with good

as it seems now

and as we notice 

ever before in memory..

I write these words

after hearing at lunchtime

her new intent

to simply let go..

Perhaps to experience

her real Self abiding

unblemished and shining

carrying the message of

 happiness and peace...

Dualistic Rules

The disasters, catastrophes, tragedies and shocks in your life were not mistakes, failures, or punishments from the universe. The universe does not reward or punish – it does not play by dualistic human rules. These times of difficulty were wake-up calls, and they caused you to slow down, take stock of your life, stop distracting or numbing yourself, and ask profound and often difficult questions about reality. They caused you to re-focus on what really mattered to you, to re-commit to your path of curiosity and never-ending exploration of form.

~ Jeff Foster

Nonduality for all

Great time with nondual guy Evan Gattis of the Houston Astros this past Monday at Yankee Stadium. Gattis was depressed and suicidal and had given up on baseball when, after a long search, including time with a few nonduality teachers, he encountered John Wheeler. John inspired a shift in Evan. Instead of standing in the batters box of thoughts, anxiety, depression, Evan now took his stand in the batters box of awareness itself.

With that shift, with stressful thoughts no longer driving him crazy, all that was left was to go play baseball again. Simple, in a way. We see many people turning their lives around with such a shift in perception but it's rarely with a high profile person.

Evan was aware of my mandate to bring nonduality to the streets, to make it a topic of conversation between people when they're in the supermarket checkout line. He said he has the same mandate. He loved it when Sports Illustrated used the word "nonduality" in their fine article about him.

Evan generously provided a field pass where we talked for about ten minutes about nonduality during Houston's batting practice. He told me that a few years earlier he was begging for money in the New York subways, "Now I'm in Yankee Stadium," he said. He told me he felt free having nothing, that it was a great feeling in the subways. In my own way, I knew what he was talking about. We hugged and soon the game began.

The game was a pitcher's battle, the Yankees winning 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th. Evan had two hits though. After the game he treated a few of us to something to eat and drink at the Hard Rock Cafe. After that, me, him, his girlfriend Kim, and his friend Joe hung out at my motel room till 4am talking baseball and nonduality.

Among my favorite things Evan said were simple ones like, "It's not easy to hit a 3-2 slider." He told me baseball is so beautiful it makes him cry. I interviewed Evan for three hours about everything. Don't know how much of the recording will be heard as we're still working on saying what needs to be said.

The Astros won the next two games against the Yankees and Evan hit three home runs. Like he said to me once, "You can't miss with non duality."  (Jerry Katz)

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