Hot tub notes Monday night Sept 8, 2014

Good place at night out in the open under the big dark sky

Good place to watch insights arising

Feel again some awe before this great mystery

Re a kabblalah program and talk coming up in Nov

Beginners mind, Zeke’s 1^st chapter, the chariot

Vision of a chariot in the mtns

Step on in, if you dare

Uphold the throne of glory

You can’t see your own face, say the zen teachers

You see pictures and reflections in the mirrors

You can’t ever really see your own face

But if you look around, there it is

Everything we see, this is our face

My guru told me, you can teach beginners, Prahaladan

So if you’ll just please put on Beginners Mind for awhile

Like you don’t know anything; everything is new, wow

But what about my careful defenses?

I’m so vulnerable in Beginners Mind

Yes, it takes courage

And faith,

Two useful tools in this kabbalah game

Just a game, a sacred game

Enriching all the colors of our lives

As we adventure along on this training planet

Learning and serving a little here and there

But keeping it playful

I remember, I fell in love

Some weeks later she said

It was just one of those things

My mind had become very attached

My teacher suggested, go teach Yoga in another place for six weeks
Don’t think of her much during that time

You can do anything for six weeks, can’t you?

Yes, sure, I replied

And later wondered, I didn’t know I could do anything for six weeks

But sure enough, after six weeks it was not a painful issue