“Mystical Lake Part 1”
“All three of them had an unmistakable sense of the rarity of these moments that they were sharing. They had collectively stepped out of the everyday world and into another sweeter and finer one. Time had been forgotten. Responsibilities had disappeared. The formerly irrefragable separation between their souls and their environment had been proved illusory. […]
Continue reading“Light”
“Then her awareness-space flamed bright. As though a bank of brilliant lamps had suddenly been switched on, she saw, with her inner vision, Light. The Light seemed lively, alive, dancing, swirling, buoying, and scending in great waves. It lifted her up and spun her around. It sent shivers of delight up her spine and caused […]
Continue reading“How Can I Ever Leave?”
“Lucinda knew precisely what each of them was thinking, so she continued to speak. ‘When I say, ‘Where can I go?’ you comprehend what I mean. I am saying that I am Everywhere already. There cannot possibly be a place for me to leave and a new place for me to go. You think that […]
Continue reading“A Familiar Cave”
“One night she took refuge from the cold wind inside a cave. The moment that she stepped inside, a sense of recurrence overwhelmed her. She knew, without even looking, how deep the cavern was, which side of it had the smoother wall, and where its floor was flattest. So strong was her emotion that she […]
Continue reading“The Cajuns”
“Never in her life had Lucinda experienced anything like this household full of exhilarated Cajuns. She, who had spent most of her time in quiet seclusion, now found herself surrounded by the most lively and gregarious of people. Music pulsed through the house like an incessant heartbeat. Men played guitars; women sang; folks played the […]
Continue reading“Mother Meera”
“One morning Lucinda received a message that the Mother wished to see her, so she walked over to the room, with the stunning view of the river and mountains, where the Saint usually sat. At a sign from Meera, everyone in the room other than Lucinda departed. The visitor sat at the feet of the […]
Continue reading“Newborn World”
“The world outside seemed to have been bathed and cleansed just as she had. It might have been the world Adam and Eve saw, this paradise of delight and all potential. It was no longer a gathering of objects spread before her view, but a pulsing of Existence, a breathing of Being that she gazed […]
Continue reading“Daphnis et Chloé”
“After a few minutes, Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé” sounded from the red-nosed Magnavox stereo. This music enthralled her. In it she heard the world awakening from its dark-night slumbers. The composer had somehow managed to eavesdrop on nature herself, so that he could audibly portray her first twinklings of dawning awareness, the hypnopompic images that […]
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