Weeds and Seeds

One of the healthiest ways to eat
is to harvest wild greens:

On Orcas,
I had an abundance of Nettles and dandelions

In Sonoma,
pigweed and mallow where in glory

Coming to Austin,
things have been slim
except that one garden plot at the Sunset Valley Community Garden
was full of my old friend:
pigweed,
aka,
wild amaranth

Imagine my surprise and delight to discover a magazine
called Edible Austin
in the summer issue of which
had a full page spread on the glories
of eating wild amaranth;'

Here's the link: Eat Wild



And here's the glorious "weed" itself.


Mix in some soaked sunflower,
pumpkin,
almond,
flax seeds

and a little Celtic salt,
and sweetener:
honey, fruit, stevia, agave

and you have a high powered,
super nutritious feast in your hand,
soon to be in and nourishing
your body

One: Moving into Nowing in Standing

Standing and awaring gravity and feet:

Stand comfortably, in your bare feet or just socks. Close your eyes. Feel the weight of yourself into your feet. Shift, ever so slightly, your weight from your right foot to your left, and then back again, many times. Noticing with ease, pleasure and non-judgment: your breathing and your body and your feet and the world of gravity and awareness.

Rest.

Now, move the length of yourself, only at your ankles, like a stick, forward and back, so you sway a bit, and feel the weight going to your toes and then your heels.

Small is better than big.

Slow is better than fast.

Aware is better than “just doing it.”

Pleasure is better than “trying,” “straining,” or efforting.

Rest.

Now, lift up on your toes and fall easily onto your heels five or six times. Rest. Feel how you feel now. Do this again, maybe even twenty times. Or thirty. Slowly, slowly, pleasurably, pleasurably. Rest.

Take a little walk around the room or wherever you are. Feel your feet and your skeleton and your awaring in the world of up and down.

Almost Enlightenment

To be totally awake
to the moment
all
the time
would be a gas

and
a state extremely
useful to ourselves
others
and the Earth

and
yet.....

for those of us
not
yet
"perfect"

and to take the pressure
off

this blog
and the book
it will offer

is for those content
for the imperfect
and wonderful
sweetness
of :

Almost Enlightenment

also,
I do believe
highly useful
toward
simple ongoing happiness
usefulness to others
Self
and the
Earth

Samples

SOUL

Write yourself a letter from someone with whom you are having "trouble." This is an imaginary letter, them to you.

In this letter, say exactly what you would want them to say/ write to you.

See if this doesn't uncover amazing possibilities you might never have considered.





THINKING

Think about someone you know,
and think about two or three or more
things, activities, that they really "like."

Think about how this give interesting clues
about what they are really "like."



EMOTIONAL

Recall someone who you like.
Think of three traits of theirs.
See if you can find those traits, in whatever amount,
in yourself.

Recall someone with whom you have "issues."
Think of three traits in them you "don't like."
See if you can find those traits,
in whatever amount,
in yourself.



MOVING AND LEARNING

Sit at the front edge of your chair.
Round your back, which means to kind of slump,
let your head go forward,
your weight shift on your pelvis,
and your belly come in.

Stay slumped and just hang up for awhile.

Then "unslump" and arch your back,
raise your head,
push your belly a bit forward,
rock your pelvis a little forward.

Stay there a while.

Then easily and sweetly go back and forth.

Then, rest, and feel yourself.

If you feel adventurous,
let your eyes go the way they wouldn't
"naturally go."

Which is to say,
as you slump/ round and
lower your head,
let/ move your eyes up,
as if looking at your forehead.

When you arch and bring your
belly forward
and look up,
let/ move your eyes down,
as if to look at your chin.

Do this slowly and easily
until you can follow your
breathing and be "relaxed"
as you do this.

Rest.

Then do it again,
rounding and arching
with awareness of your eyes
and letting your eyes cooperate
with and lead the movement of
your head.