Me Perspective

I know from school why the morning light appears blue. I know that that things I am looking at are not blue, they just appear that way because of how my eyes receive light. In this way, what I see is a reflection of me. Similarly, what I taste and touch, feel and hear are all reflections of my sensing systems, thoughts, expectations, and experiences.

Today, I plan to pay specific attention to how the outside world reflects me, and how my expectations form what I experience.

Quiet Perspective

I walked out the Eastern door and was immediately struck by the quiet. Yesterday's winds had died down leaving calm behind. I could hear Crow, Sparrow, and Chickadee in the Eastern and Southeastern woods calling out to the morning.

This gets me thinking about the interdependence of experience. My experience of the winds of yesterday contribute to my experience of the calm of today. The warmth of yesterday contributes to my experience of today as being cold. One experience positions me in relation to the next connecting everything in a web of perception. Had I not noticed the cold or the wind my experience of today would have been different.

I wonder how what I notice today will inform what I experience tomorrow?

Moon Set

The morning Moon shines in the West as it travels along its path, greeting the rising Sun in the East. In that moment I feel closely connected to the Moon; our close celestial companion. In that moment, it seems I am more connected to the Moon than the Sun. Moon and I travel together as we circle the Sun.

This gets me thinking about the subtle interdependencies I experience all the time. How caring and relying and giving and taking create balances in my life. Balances re-balance as life's needs change. Moon gets me thinking about what I need now and what I can give back. Thank you Moon for all you bring to my life.

Skinny Squirrel

As I sit this morning, I see Squirrel scurry up, stop, notice me, then continue on her way. She seems thinner than she was in the Fall, and I imagine it is because of the scarcity of food in Winter.

I am grateful for the bounty I have access to all year long, but am curious about the bounty of living that is available only to those who have to reclaim their existence every single day. Thank you Squirrel for reminding me of the varied possibilities for living, and that each offers its own gifts.

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Grateful

I hear Crow, Chickadee, airplane, and Sparrow. I see Heron Gull fly overhead. I feel the Sunlight warm on my face, and the Ice cold on my feet. My breath exhales large clouds of vapor into the cold morning air, and I am grateful for every moment I have to breath in the Air and listen to what is happening right here right now.

Snow Cave II

This morning is brighter, and I can see into the Snow cave. I can see that the sunlight glowing through the Snow illuminates the cave like an opaque skylight. I have to let go of my imaginings of Mouse and Vole scurrying though darkened corridors. It seems that, at least in the daylight, they travel through bright passage ways, and can probably see shadows of who might be waiting above.

My awareness of how Vole and Mouse live is also illuminated, as I let go of one thought and it is replaced by another. I wonder what other old thoughts I will replace today?