santidevi

i bow deeply, breathe slowly into the quiet of my stilled mind.
the mantra forms in my belly, an embryo of it’s own making.
dissolving once again and the soil beneath me slips away.
tethered  to this world only by the beat of my heart.
i am scraped clean, and splayed into the freedom of nothingness.
the gypsy north wind [...]

What is truer than love?  There is nothing truer than love, my beloved.  Your your soft lotus feet that carry me across the thread of my longing.  Nothing truer than the caress of you while I sleep in the river of my body, unconscious, and breathing…
There is only you, and you in this little inhale [...]

As human beings we naturally try to eliminate and avoid those elements of our lives that create uncertainty, anxiety, stress and discomfort. These are the conditions that typically precede the evolution of consciousness and awakening. They provide the fertile soil out of which new life emerges. The wise know that it is nonresistance [...]

Sacred Body
Often times people come to me wanting to free themselves from what they term the “bondage” of their human bodies.  They feel as if it somehow encumbers them or limits their ability to experience their transcendental Self.  The inference is that the body inhibits their spiritual practice.  How could that be so? 
The body by [...]