Hari Om

Coming in a bit later this morning, I am reminded what it is to feel rushed, and to function from a place of ‘not enough’. So, as I said to kitchen staff for years at my restaurants: “if you are in a hurry; slow down!”.

This counterintuitive guideline has saved me from fumbling through more days (and omelettes) than I could count. The notion of slowing down seems antithetical to the operation of a fast-paced kitchen or a fast-paced mind. I promise you, though, it is precisely what is needed. Coutnerintuitive ideas are sometimes the most helpful because our intuition has been taken for such a ride on the trauma train that it is sometimes patterned to keep doing what we have done that got us where we are. We have survived so whatever it is I am doing must be working, right? Sure, could do. And what is also true is there is a way to see that you want to grow out of old patterns and to stop receiving old results. You have to try it different. Here is Andrea Gibson to help us out a bit.

And then Wendell Berry comes in for the can opening poem Breaking.

Breaking Wendell Berry Did I believe I had a clear mind? It was like the water of a river flowing shallow over the ice. And now that the rising water has broken the ice, I see that what I thought was the light is part of the dark.

Did I believe I had a clear mind? What a question. To even begin to believe may already be the muck and mud of a clouded mind! Brilliant. Muck and mud are not so bad, though. Lots of things sprout in the dark.

Thanks for being here today. Please engage with the posts by commenting and sharing with us a bit of your practice. Three uninterrupted breaths.

All In Love,

Michael

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