Murky pond yesterday

1-4-23, Ohio, near DJ

 Clearer today; this helps:

Lee van Laer subtract, Daily Five, today, The Goodness of  Being:

“Without making any special effort, I let go. 

I yield to the authority of the body,  and 

of its sensation of itself. 

An authority that belongs to it 

without interference. 

And in this way, 

I am already more directly in contact 

with this sensation of being. 

And as I reach the bottom of the breath, 

I invest myself in it. 

Every cell alive. 

It is as though I have reached the bottom 

of a deep pond 

with clear water. 

And I am resting there among the roots of lotus flowers 

who draw their nourishment from this place. 

There is earth below me 

water around me 

clarity within me and above me 

fed by sensation 

yet undisturbed by thought 

and from within this transparency 

I breathe in the great goodness of life itself 

giving thanks 

for the entire length of time it takes to breathe in, 

and giving thanks 

for the entire length of time it takes to breathe out. 

And in this way, 

the molecules in me are more aligned. 

More able to transmit the energies that flow into being. 

And so the light moves into the body, 

into its deepest places, 

singing, "Yes."

And it finds a home here. 

For there is a deposit of goodness and love 

already here at the root of the soul. 

And what the light brings in finds it,

and leaves some of itself behind 

in order to add to it. 

So that the whole body becomes more alive 

with the taste of this goodness of being.”