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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

15 Minutes to Live - Post One



Good god, but I whine a lot and never give enough thanks for what I have.
It's the 'core story' of my life. You are just not good enough, and it's on a friggin' repeat button. Awareness and the laser light of  'truth' are the only tools to bring to this, and with 15 minutes to live, I see I don't have time to keep putting off my ultimate union with what is.
(I sit and breathe and honestly, if I had 14 minutes to live, I wouldn't write anything, I would only sit in conscious meditation.)
But I guess, if I had to write, and I am, then I just want to say 'wake the fuck up'. You are all so drowned out by your internal noise you can't see the reality sitting right there with you and holy crapola, you are your own suffering.  Jumping jumping from one form of entertainment to another without a pause in any of it to appreciate what you've got in this very moment.
here, now, is all there is.. and with a very soft breathe, and soft awareness, you can flower, in this instant into Life.

I have ten minutes to live.

I don't have final words to say to anyone. I've already said what I had to say in the moment. I don't wish anything different than it was.

It's raining. I'd like to go down stairs and feel the rain on my skin and drench through my clothes and laugh in these last minutes. I would not write.

But... again, since I am writing, and committed,  and pledged... the story that must come out is:

such a deep sadness creeping over my skin and penetrating into my flesh. Again, it is your blindness that suffocates me. I know it can not be another way. I know that what is, is, and if it could be different, it would, and there is nothing 'wrong' apart from my understanding, and yet, I feel such sadness when I see the hunched  shoulders of people walking with heavy thoughts, as if their thoughts were all that they were.
I feel crushed when I see the lines of worry on people's faces, the fear they carry in their bodies.. and I if I had more time, perhaps I'd work harder at bridging that distance between you're fear and the reality of your inner self that is pure radiant life in all its glory.

Prisoners, walking in the cages of our minds. Nothing more, nothing less.

I have two minutes to live.

There is white light, a pillar of grace within each of us that connects us to every thing in the known and unknown universe. Your body knows it. The only one who doesn't, is your mind.  If you pause, for just a moment, and just breathe, and feel, and be very soft and innocently curious, you'll feel it. Life, in you - and once you know that, you know everything.

I'm dead. The fifteen minutes are up.


(If you liked this post, you might prefer my other blog 'Being Human'. I try to keep this Catalan blog rather light, but the next thirty days could bring out some deep forms of expression, so if you didn't like it, come back in July!)

Photo: Tiffany Jones (Detail from Jett's drawing of me falling into a deep pit some years ago)

30 Days of Blogging Challenge


Today I pledged to write for 30 days with the #trust30 for the Domino Project. Join me!

Photo: Tiffany Jones (detail from Farmor's house)

Monday, May 30, 2011

FC Barcelona win its 4th Champions League

FC Barcelona win its 4th Champions League

Last Year's Saint Jordi Rose Tree Finally Blooms!


We were a victim of a fungus growth at the beginning of the spring and I had to cut back the branches. This is the first rose of the season.

My Last Coffee on a Monday?


It's time. The body is calling for change. No coffee or pastries from Monday through to Thursday. Until after the Festa Major! (September) Emergency situations discarded. Obviously. The coffee above is my summer favourite. Coffee with milk, with ice. Welcome summer!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

The First Swim of the Season


We're at the swimming pool house belonging to Albert's parents. I picked up shiny red cherries and Jett and Joan are swimming. Montse has prepared a lovely lunch. Lovely days and even a cool breeze.

Can You Pay Now Please?


Every now and then I go to a cafe and before I've even taken a sip of my coffee the waitress is asking for me to pay. I must admit I'm quite used to it now, but when I first arrived here I found it rather pushy. It made me feel as though I had to leave as soon as possible. It's true that eating out is relatively cheap in Spain. One of the reasons is that they don't usually hire many serving staff. There is not a big tipping culture here, especially in Catalonia.