In the Mountains
Looking West
About
our souls while we’re sleeping
Probably
playing cards and talking Torah
“’Scuse
me folks, I see Praha’s about to wake up, gotta go.”
“Wait,
is it morning or is he just taking a leak?”
The
great question: Where do our souls go while we’re sleeping?
And
secondly: Does my soul have to come back
Every
time I get up if only to reach for another blanket
O’
how I love it up here in these Blue Ridge Mountains
‘Cept
the gnats have come in mid-July. Still …
There
are birds singing in the eastern trees
Or
trees singing that sound like birds
The
objective is – to be at one with these mountains
Honey
bee flying from blossom to blossom
Then
a quick spin over here to check me out
Or
this sound of pen on paper
Meditation in the
Mountains
Shepherd David says
that God says
The
Wind is My Messenger
Sitting cross-legged
on pine needles in late afternoon shade
A breeze moving the
tall grass. It’s message?
“ L i s t e n ”
Listen all directions
Now the breeze is
strong again saying, “Right on!”
Rockin’ and praying
my gratitude.
Listen:
Insects buzzing.
Airplane in the sky
sound
Car passing behind me
Now just the soft
still hum of the mountain silence
A Prayer, a Petition
Before he left his
body
Among the last words
I heard my teacher say, were these
“Pray, make me a good
listener”
Sages say
First praise God,
then present your petition
Too late for me now. Never too late
All this spiritual
stuff is timeless
Do some praising now
and we’ll call this
T h e B e g i n n i n g
Praises to You, to
Thee, to Thou
For beginning
creation with
T h e A l e f
Praises to Thee for
this Message in this Wind over the Land
in the mountains this
golden afternoon
Praise your name
All sounds are your
name
Is
this sitting and writing being “at one with the mountains”
Or
should I stop moving my hand and my mind
How
to do that -- and please make me a good listener
You’re
learning how to play this game, finally
Don’t
have to stop the mind.
Just
step outside the mind now and then
It
will stop on its own
Coming
in from the west late gold sun in the tall grass blessing us with
Many
good opportunities (new moon today)
West
is opportunity
Swimming
Earning
Offering teachings
Faith
Impeccability
A
gift from the infinite depth of the West
If
study and investigations of Kabbalah
Are
not enhancing your radiant love for all
Then
it is not yet effective
Go
back to Kabbalah for Beginners Only
And
look carefully at the Alef every so
often
That’ll
set you on the right path this time
Now
step this way if you dare
I f Y o u
d a r e
Let us sometimes be
whom we’re called to be
Even if it is a bit
different from our usual day to day life
Even if we slip away
for a few hours from our regular schedule
And go up in the
mountains
Blue
Ridge Mountain Journal, Prahaladan 7/9/13
