http://www.everydayseeker.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:31:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is an image in my thoughts, this person who is me, who is lost, who is not enough, who lives in perpetual struggle with phantoms and demons. This is a picture hovering in my brain, a glossy magazine photo of who I wish to be, so perfect, effortless, noble, who never falters, only shines. There is a reality beyond any of this, a ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/06/poem-light-within/ I had the pleasure of working on the website for the Baha'i House of Worhsip in New Delhi, India, which is truly a beautiful place of prayer and mediation.  Known to many in India as the Baha'i Lotus Temple, it is one of the most visited places in the country, ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/06/the-bahai-house-of-worship-in-new-delhi-india/ In my mind, theoretically, I am attracted to those things that are eternal.  I wish to live in a deep state of mindfulness, always seeing clearly and never caught by the petty things that can distract us from what is most important.  I wish to live in communion with God ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/05/the-transient-and-the-eternal/ Tortured beings that we are with hearts built for desire we burn relentlessly, some brilliant searing lights, others but dull embers. We have a choice: to endlessly chase flickering flames of illusion and live that we may die, or we may lose ourselves in the fire of the love of God and die that we may live. In either path we face a ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/02/poem-two-kinds-of-fire/ I was reading in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind about a story of four horses.  There's the horse who moves before he even sees the shadow of the whip.  Then there's the horse who moves with a slight touch of the whip.  Next there's the one who needs to be swatted ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/02/four-kinds-of-horses/ I've been stressing quite a bit lately trying to figure out what to do with the next few months of my life and dealing with projects that I'm still working on from home.  I had a nice weekend, got to get away and spend a night in the woods.  Just ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/02/meditation-10-minutes-a-day-is-my-goal/ I have gone through different phases in my life where I had different attitudes towards money. It can be a challenge finding out and keeping the right perspective. At least it has been for me. I have found myself with internal struggles on this subject. I've ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/01/detachment-and-money-should-we-all-be-beggars/ A shadow mistaken for a friend. We grasp at phantoms in the cold night air, believing ourselves to be right, to be justified, when we are but lost children. A brilliant ray of truth shines in our midst, too close for us to see. We crawl through the wreckage of a crumbling city, desperately seeking a drink of water while a shoreless ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2009/01/poem-light-darkness-unit/ I started this blog right before my lovely wife and I left for India in August and since then I've utterly neglected it.  I've been meaning to get back to it, and finally here I am now. One of the great things about being in India is access to yoga.  I ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2008/12/yoga-and-the-mind/ I just put up some songs I've written and/or composed. Feel free to check them out and download them if you like. Since I'm on the topic, I thought I'd write about music today. Music plays an important role in our world. This divine art form can be ... http://www.everydayseeker.com/2008/07/music-divine-effective-art-form/