Few people have the imagination for reality. --Goethe

squash a circle and it becomes an elliptical shape
movement is then through extension, elongation
and a couple focused, contracted motions
rather than swooping curves of infinity
it will reduce dizziness, remind us of gravity
and maybe over time even that will become the shape of    ...     

when the view is that we just live in parallel non-consensual realities there is something beyond our mundane understanding of openness that is realized. can anything be truly objective? maybe objectivity is assumed when there are simply enough people who agree on something. the ways in which we view the world and ourselves needn't be influenced by anything except for our perception. perception truly is reality. I don't think I even believe in the significance of an external locus of control anymore, either.

may my mind turn toward auspiciousness.
bhadram no apivataya namaha

Step off of the (karma) wheel. Nausea over strengths and weaknesses is only cured by self-love and compassion. Weaknesses met with openness, a step beyond mere recognition and observation.

Be aware of the difference between hoping your actions will bear fruit and believing that they will. Engagement in both respects may appear to be the same, in fact the level of awareness in the pursuit may be the same, but the results are vastly different.

Patience means not asking about tomorrow. Only now.

(For Rudra/Shiva)
Om namaste astu bhagavan
vishveshvaraya
mahadevaya
tryambakaya
tripurantakaya
trikalagni-kalaya
kalagnirudräya
neelakanthaya
mrutyunjayaya
sarveshvaraya
sadashivaya
shrimanmahadevaya namah

the heart is not a very good accountant

when the window opens

don't step out one foot after the other

leap

he has returned

his arms will receive you

with warmth you never knew

and when the shuddering stops

you will be able to see again

the world outside of your House