“At the Seashore” | Anthony Satori
“The ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and it is freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time itself.”
– H. P. Lovecraft
The Dreams of Time Itself
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Subtle Energy Vibration
“Subtle Energy Vibration” | Anthony Satori
“Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.”
– Eckhart Tolle
The Door Between the Worlds
“Seagull on a Ledge” | Anthony Satori
“The door between the worlds is always open.”
– Rumi
From Wonder into Wonder
“Beach Path” | Anthony Satori
“From wonder into wonder existence opens.”
– Lao Tzu
The Face of the Waters
“Oceanic” | Anthony Satori
“In the beginning… the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters. And then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.”
– Genesis 1:2-4
The Sage’s Mind
“Ocean Cave” | Anthony Satori
“The ten thousand things are insufficient to distract the sage’s mind – that is the reason he is still. In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn. In the midst of soundlessness, he alone hears harmony.”
– Lao Tzu
Lightning Bolt
“Lightning Bolt” | Anthony Satori
“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
A Single and Eternal Flow of Energy
“Lightning Storm” –|– Anthony Satori
“The sensation of ‘I’ as a lonely and isolated center of being is so powerful and common-sensical, and so fundamental to our modes of speech and thought… that we cannot help but experience selfhood except as something superficial in the scheme of the universe. I seem to be a brief light that flashes but once in all the aeons of time – a rare, complicated, and all-too-delicate organism on the fringe of biological evolution, where the wave of life bursts into individual, sparkling, and multi-colored drops that gleam for a moment only to vanish forever. Under such conditioning, it seems impossible and even absurd to realize that my ‘self’ does not reside in the drop alone, but in the whole surge of energy which ranges from the galaxies to the nuclear fields in my body. At this level of existence… my forms are infinite, and their comings and goings are simply the pulses or vibrations of a single and eternal flow of energy.”
– Alan Watts
Stone Tower
“Stone Tower” –|– Anthony Satori
“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you love. In family life, be completely present.”
– Lao Tzu
The Pace of Sand
“Heart-Shaped Rock” –|– Anthony Satori
The thing about walking in sand is that you simply cannot rush. Each step takes time. Each step requires attention. You can choose a destination 10, 20, or even 100 feet away, but each step will only take you incrementally closer – slowly, deliberately – and you must make each stride mindfully and with care, so as to keep your balance and to keep yourself moving in the right direction. It is an exercise in patience. It is an exercise in presence. It is an exercise in Zen.
Sometimes you may think, “I will double my effort, triple it, maybe even multiply it five-fold.” But every such increase, even the most emphatic, tends to add at most maybe 5 or 10 percent to your speed – certainly not enough to be worth the additional expenditure of energy, not to mention the attendant elevation of stress, both physical and mental. Therefore, in the end, you eventually discover that your best strategy is merely to take it slow, to expend a reasonable amount of effort with each new step, and to move forward with calm, intention, and purpose – at the pace the sand will allow.
One of the delightful benefits, of course, of walking in sand in such a mindful manner is that sometimes you see things that you might have missed otherwise. Like a rock… shaped like a heart.
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