Moonbeam Nectar

Moonbeam NecTAR

I saw her, a halo in an obelisk dream, rising over the field as she does

She stirs me awake long before dawn, She is near with her astral realm

She is a jewel reflected in a vast sea of appearance

A sea adorned with a garland of waves

Stillness dons Motion

My ailing eyes see a faceless Buddha in the distance

A Buddha reposed beyond worry and confusion

Just So

Hunger for experience comes and goes

Fantasy construction takes turns with mandala offering

Watch out for happiness and sorrow

Not so easy to dodge their subtle advances

I wonder about anger and indulgence and the swift torrent of duty

Time and commitment

One can’t be grasped, the other we strive for honor to keep

As we move along with wine and song and other medicines

May we gaze every few breaths into the wind ringing in the chimes

And in the boundless within hear the roar of the vast ocean of mind

Now I am strong, still waxing it would seem

But other clues say waning, well over the crest

Seasons come and go like efficient clockwork and I wonder what fleeting

   essences escape me

The frantic gardener runs to catch up with his gang of sun worshippers

Remember Equanimity and the greatest of adaptogens, the breath

Balancing journey and goal, one step ahead of obsession and affliction

Standing on the edge of a precipice, I sleep and I dream I can fly

But I stand on the Earth like the rest of us, ‘twas just a trick of the eye

I complain to the moon a complete buffoon

As time makes a test of us

I intone to the rain I am weary of pain

And this Earth makes a guest of us

A bug just died in my tea

The wheels of transition know only motion

Just like Now

I want to look into your eyes and feel the warmth of your body

Oh brothers and sisters of the Circle Wind

I will go back soon to passing signs and calling for whirlwinds

Give us Eyes to see the View,

Resolve to cultivate the Conduct,

Focus to perfect the Technique,

and Space to Manifest the Fruition.

Come and Join the Mandala.