New Year..new steps forward.
A new year has began, and just like the waters of life that meander its way to the stream, then onto the river, and then into the mighty ocean. Each step and path leads onto mighty new amazing things...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
Friday, 02 January 2009
People ask "What faith are you"? And my reply to them is:
My faith is that of hope, of good, of courage, courtesy and respect, honour and love, and of peace. To understand oneself, to help others who ever they are and to also be at peace with themselves as well as the world they live in. Nature is my mother and father with the whole world as my canvas. I sit under a tree, the tree is my temple. From this earthly temple, I see everything, hear and smell everything, touch and hold everything. For it provides me with knowledge, with food and with life, it provides me with enlightenment. Buddha sat under a tree, times past and then his enlightenment came. But I say Buddha was enlightened not by meditation nor siting for years under a tree or facing a wall. I say Buddha saw what the tree gave and he was shown, thus his enlightenment became clear. You see...you need deep, strong and wide reaching roots to make good the life ahead and beyond. A trunk that is worthy of all battles that life can throw at it and, branches that are not only strong to hold the canopy, but stretching out with fingers that always point out towards the light. A tree must be able to flex under the straign of life, but be able to give and hold when the time comes. The age of the tree shows by its bark as well as its inner circles. As the seasons change, as does the tree. Bloom, growth and back to a sleepy state, then once again its reborn. Birds, insects and animals galore share it's beauty. Home and giver of life is the mighty tree and, that is why I sit under a tree, my temple, my friend and my faith....
