“ONLY THIS MOMENT IS OURS TO LIVE, LOVE and SHARE” a poem about waking up and appreciating our life’s precious moments AND two inspiring poems by Mary Oliver- "Praying" and "Long Afternoon"
Plus “CELEBRATING MOUNTAIN MAGIC: Life In The Wilderness “ a short music video of the majesty and magic of the mountains where we live AND uplifting wisdom quotes by Chinmayan
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“CELEBRATING MOUNTAIN MAGIC: Life In The Wilderness” a short music video of the backroads, mountains, canyons and rivers in the wilderness areas all around Still Mountain…which is among the most beautiful and majestic places to live on this planet where we are surrounded by nature and millions of acres of primeval forests….
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ONLY THIS PRESENT MOMENT IS OURS
TO LIVE, LOVE and SHARE IN
.
Every one of us is on the same train
on this journey from birth to that moment
when we will have to leave these bodies
that we love so much and think of as being “me,"
behind as empty shells when our spirit,
the one we really are, must move on.
My teachers always stressed that meditating
on and facing our own mortality
is an essential part of our spiritual path
because it motivates us to see our lives
as precious limited time opportunities
that the wise consciously choose to use
Only for the truly important things.
Though we all know that whatever is
born must someday die, we do
not think it will happen to us, so
we live as if we have all the time
in the world and will live forever.
Now that I am an elder, this truth is
more and more clear to me –
an idea that I find tremendously
empowering to work with
in my own daily meditation practice.
I have learned that the only real control
of TIME that we have is to consciously live
IN THE PRESENT MOMENT.
When we train ourselves to always
BE HERE NOW, time slows down and
each day is like a lifetime in itself.
Besides, when we look closely, we
see that only the present moment exists…
the past and future are just thoughts without substance.
Everything, both the good and the bad,
Is always happening in the present moment--
Only this present moment is ours to live,
Love and share in before it too fades away.
November 19, 2023
Still Mountain Retreat
LONG AFTERNOON AT THE EDGE OF SISTER POND
By Mary Oliver
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