Relaxed
Settled myself
Turned my consciousness inward
And breathed
Breathing in
Breathing out
In the quiet
I observed
The peace
Of my mind
Of my body
I observed
The clothes
Settling against my skin
I sensed the sand
And the ocean
Lapping at the beach
Salt in the air
The sun
And it’s warmth
On my brow
Where the wind tousled my bangs
So I quieted my senses
Reached deeper inside
With my breath
Breathing in
Breathing out
Until my breath became the wind
My body became the sand
My being became the ocean
Vast
Fathomless
The source
Of all things
And the reservoir
To which all things return
Connecting to all things
And there I sat
Settled
Present
Breathing in
Breathing out
Until I felt a gaze
Not upon the sitting me
A gaze upon my being
The eye of the world upon me
Mind, awakened, quietly suggested
“If you are connected to all things
Perhaps all things are connected to you
All things must also observe”
So there I sat
A being
Connecting to all things
All things connecting
To my being
Until my being
And all things
Become one
Breathing in
Breathing out
Mind returned to its quiet
I sat
The eye of the world upon me
Gazing back
Into the infinite eye
Connecting
Mind whispered one last thought
“Achieving oneness
That eye
Becomes
Your Eye”
“Except…
There is no you”
And no mind
I reminded it
Now, quiet you
Breathing in
Breathing out
Beneath an ebbing wave
Of a rising tide
Chesterman Beach
Tofino
British Columbia, Canada
Taken during travels, 2015