A Free Heart Soars

[Manuel Tavares]

A Free Heart Soars

By Catherine Viel

Posted April 7, 2022

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the empty void is a speck of the heart that cherishes deeply.

the universe is a particle of unbroken dust soaring in the air.

~Fei Ming 废名 (translated from the Chinese by Yilin Wang), the soaring dust of the mortal realm

All I’m ever looking for is peace. On a good day, I can reliably tap into the gently pulsing pool of light that I perceive as my center of peace.

Then there’s all the other days. And frequently, each day is a mixture, most of it dependent on my perception of circumstances or events. If a family member is experiencing not-wellness, I’m likely to spend the day in a state just shy of simmering panic.

When it seems like the entire world is falling off a cliff into chaos and disaster, the simmering panic wants to erupt full-bore and become my predominant sensation.

Usually, the cure is to focus my physical and mental vision upon my immediate world. There’s not a cliff in sight, and even if there were, nobody’s pushing me toward the edge...>>>https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-free-heart-soars.html