On the Edge of a World Unknown

Life pulses, flows, and shifts around us. In the swirl of obligations, expectations, and ceaseless thoughts, it’s easy to lose ourselves. Mindfulness is not a remedy, a technique, or a lofty ideal; it’s a raw, unfiltered experience of now.

Here, there’s no script to follow or path to wander. There’s no right or wrong way to be. There’s only this moment, vast and undefined.

Feel your breath. Hear the ambient sounds. See the world in all its messy, chaotic beauty. This is it. This is being alive.

In this awareness, there’s no division between self and other, thought and sensation, inner world and outer world. There’s no striving to be more or different. There’s acceptance and curiosity, a gentle exploration of what is.

Mindfulness is not about escaping life or finding a hidden truth. It’s about diving into the very heart of existence, embracing its complexity and simplicity.

The world is not our canvas to paint, nor are we mere observers of a cosmic dance. We are the dance. We are the ebb and flow of life itself. We’re not trying to reach a destination; we’re experiencing the journey as it unfolds.

Through the practice of mindfulness, we don’t become someone else or achieve enlightenment. We come home to ourselves. We see clearly, perhaps for the first time, the depth, richness, and ambiguity of our own experience.

This is not a poetic metaphor or an intellectual concept; it’s a lived reality, available to us all. It’s not hidden or esoteric; it’s as immediate and accessible as the breath we take.

Let go of preconceptions, narratives, and goals. Open to the present, as it is, without judgment or agenda. Herein lies the essence of mindfulness, unadorned and genuine.

In the end, it’s not about becoming more mindful; it’s about recognizing that we already are. Mindfulness is not something to attain but something to realize, a continuous unfolding of awareness, a dance with life that never truly ends.

An Unlit Path I Chart

Wandering grace’s trail,

unknown paths I tread,

on edge-touched days,

where wild hopes spin,

chances scatter like stars,

unbound and free,

whispers coax me, 

to a leap without a net. 

 

A wonder’s surge, 

untamed, 

ignites mind and heart.

Curiosity, 

a flare in life’s dim room, 

an unlit path to truths I dare to chart, 

exploration’s call, 

a dance in night’s bold bloom.

 

In colors sway, 

earth’s vivid pulse unsealed,

each shade, 

a melody in life’s grand dance,

the sky a boundless canvas, 

dreams now wield,

souls whisper, 

dancing in their ethereal trance.

 

Stars reach to connect, 

no distant gleam confined, 

secrets shared like whispers in the night’s embrace, 

heart of all we know, unmasked and well-defined, 

mysteries unfold in space’s boundless grace.

 

Each step uncovers paths I’ve yet to tread,

Life’s dance, emotions, memories collide,

In every heartbeat, art’s eternal thread,

I’m sculpted, shaped, my chronicles abide.

 

Our world’s a mirror of the soul’s vast sea,

Changing with every touch, thought, and embrace,

From within it calls, creativity,

Growing, blending, life and soul interlace.

 

As creator of my destiny I stand,

on life’s canvas my passions take their form,

unique in beauty, with a master’s hand,

I shape the world, and by it, am transformed.

 

Connections weave a pattern rich and wide,

in life’s grand fabric, I find my place,

each thread and shade, a part of the design,

bound in a universe’s endless embrace.

 

In seeing I become, 

in truth, I grow, 

unfolding who I am and what I make, 

by love and pain, 

in stories that we know, 

our inner worlds, the outer do translate

 

In every heartbeat, 

every shared embrace, 

we’re sculpted, shaped, 

our chronicles abide, 

a dance of life, 

a never-ending chase, 

in universal grace, 

we wander and collide.

(2015 © Julia Delaney)

Be Alive 🌱
Love ❤️, Julia

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