The 60-Second Sabbath

awareness

  • On the Strip

    Clearly,Vegas is not for me–at least not the Strip. I imaginethere's a meditative sideto Las Vegas. But here among the casinos,no one on the sidewalkhands out cards for retreat centers,just cards for call girlsand strip clubs. Snap, snap–they flick the… Continue reading

  • Peepshow

    Peepshow?Don't think so. It's difficult to finda quiet place for contemplationon the Las Vegas Strip. Entrepeneurial opportunity,perhaps? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Credo

    Sleep in the dark awarenessof God as God is–unknowable, waiting, ready. Here we find faith.    Here we lose self.        Here we become love. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Compass

    She used to own a compass…perhaps now packed awaywith her old Girl Scout stuff–a sash, some badges, a plastic lanyard, an empty cookie box. Now she'd simply lost her way.On which side of the tree does the moss grow?On which… Continue reading

  • Into the Stream of Consciousness

    Dipping my toein the stream of consciousnessI find it oddly cooling–soothing in a wayI didn't anticipate. Next the foot..and soon, stripping to nothing,I take the plunge–waters of cluttered, un-institutionalized freshnesswash over me,tumble me in their turbulent current,bracing,bruising,bathing,revealing… Is this dream or… Continue reading

  • Metaphor

    Sleep–sweet metaphor for death.Some saywe use our metaphorsto keep the world at bay,to dull the edge of life's cutting realities.  I saymetaphorstrips illusion from reality,revealing the Core beneath. Death is sleep,from which we awakenbeyond illusion, beyond reality. Text and image… Continue reading

  • Times Square, September, 2012

    I just returned from NYC.Each day,to get to the office,I walked through Times Square. People come from around the worldto stand in Times Square–crowded, noisy, littered–and take picture after pictureof gigantic advertisements.That's all Times Square is–enormous, stories-tall advertisements. I don't… Continue reading

  • Luke 10:38-42

    Martha:    Words do not the windows wash. Mary:     But words the weary soul can cleanse. Martha:    Words do not the dishes clean. Mary:    But words both time and fear suspend. Martha:    Silent contemplation bores. Mary: … Continue reading

  • Like Fish in Water

    When was the last timeyou heard of fishattending a conferenceabout water? Why, then,do we attend conferencesabout God?  Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Prayer

    Grant me the ability to wonder,the agility to wander in the here and Wow! Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading