We are Called to Be an Ocean of Silence Out of Which All Things Arise

I make the effort to maintain a ground of oceanic silence

out of which arises the multitude of phenomena of daily life.

I make the effort to see the Beloved in everyone and

to serve the Beloved through everyone (including the earth).

I often fail in these aspirations because I lose the balance

between separateness and unity,

get lost in my separateness

and feel afraid.

But I make the effort

(Ram Dass)

Photo: Sunset at Gold Bluffs Beach, Redwood National Park, CA, August 2, 2011