saw it through the thick of fog, beyond the clouds, obese with global warming sweat and tears.
christmas day. nyc -> baltimore.
know cities. city like skin, like leprosy.
astoria, crown heights, forte green, jackson heights, flushing, east ny, harlem, south bronx, parkchester, stapleton, l.e.s, sunnyside, south philly, west philly, downtown baltimore, dhaka, kannur, ayanthole, trivandrum, bangalore, southeast portland, east l.a. south central l.a., santa monica...
full moon on the day of the symbolic birth of jesus, born in palestine on the christian calendar date of : 0000.
in the path of surrender to the Source of Peace (islam), we are taught, by way of our teachers...
...the gurus - himalaya, grand canyon, pacific/arabian ocean, banyans and bristlecone pine, heru, ra, krsna, gautama, moses, jesus, muhammad - have taught muslims (those who surrender to the Source of Peace) - that which is scientifically observable through the empiricism of eyes and ears, stargazing, and molecules - ALLAH has no beginning, no end.
drove on the day of three kings...with two kings and a queen - the royal family i was born into, tethered by economic blues for centuries.
tore her up. the hybrid that sucks gas and battery like a drone shooting like a star sitting in sky like a hummingbird, dropping like a food-poisoned pigeon with the runs. droppings with bullseyes on men and women covered by garbs of humility, beads of prayers.
death is everywhere. drones like big white santa dropping kalshnikovs in boxes wrapped with brand name cool - freedom - for both sides - gifts under scorched trees, desert.
hopi vs shoshone vs aztec vs maya vs...tamil vs sinhalese, shia vs sunni - gifts for both sides. nra for both of you. with love. signed: weapons manufacturers, stocks and bonds, and the governments that support them.
see it. see what's happening and become clear. more than ever, now more than ever, we all need meditation, prayer, compassion. all of us. bush, sauds, clinton, obama, trump, jindal and projects, trailer parks, basthis, shanty towns, middle class, global south. we all need spirituality.
heard that there is a new awakening. that now, these days, more people are spiritually smarter. i wonder if this must mean another discovery. discovery like chris columbus coming across america. discovery like yoga by the beatles in 1965.
....ah, i get it. yoga exists now, cause you see it. i get it, spiritual awakening, cause your hollow has edged, tipped over, must be something more...good for you...happy for you...cool...
...propagate the myth that it just started happening, cause you're doing it.
this full moon, the birth of the prophet muhammad. dec. 25th, 2015.
the birth, is carved not into a fixed calendar, as there is an understanding in the path, that everything changes, no two seconds nor days are the same. so, how can birthdays be on the same date from year to year? hence the siting and moving and bowing, based on the moon.
this full moon is the precursor to the conceptual new year - a good way to mark the following 12 months of the sun cycle.
the intention of letting go is to leave behind doubt, fear, second guessing, emotional attachments, not doing, resistance, fantasy, value-misalignment, poverty-mentality, anger, control, homelessness, judgement...
the intention of letting go, is to let go of idolizing material...
material is clothes, brands, celebrities, cool...
but what more specifically? letting go of that which keeps me from being a Lover...
the Lover is honest, transparent, as clear as rain and the mentally disabled. the Lover works tirelessly, fearlessly, with Purpose...the Lover lets you know that you are beautiful, that you are being hurtful, that he doesn't understand. the Lover tries, gives his best in all situations, regardless of how silly it may look. the Lover does with love. the Lover is present, mindful, breathes, gives selflessly, without overthinking, without thinking that it will cost too much, or it will be a loss, or babylon-financial equations. the Lover makes dreams happens, instead of deferring, instead of fantasizing...
this is the year of the Lover, of letting go of that which keeps me from fully actualizing the Lover - embarassment, humiliation, can't, laziness, lack of focus, lack of discipline, lack of practice, what-will-others-think, scheming, thinking in future mood, keeping from being because of a fantastic future, self-doubt, second-guessing, looking uncool...
the Lover shows up. is my cousin eve with hugs, is gautama with Quiet, is rumi with heart-writings, reflections, is malcolm with activism, social justice, is jesus with healing, is my brother with self-lessness, is my father with showing up, is my mother with nourishment, is my cousin salman with humble-service, is jordan with craft, is the prophet muhammad with building community, is those who Know...
...those who Know will be my guides...
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