Ray with the 70's Look in 21st Century

Kayacking In The Gulf Of Arabia

Quiet Mind

Listeningtothebellringingatdusk,

Onefindsthatthequietnessoutside

Isalsoinside.Sunriseandsunsetarethe

Quietestmomentsoftheday.Inthose

Fewmoments,allthingseemattentive

To the day as it rises and as it closes.

The same rhythm is reflected internally.

There are few times when the mind is Quiet.

As one wakes in bed, for one or two moments

The mind has nothing to say and again as one goes

To sleep, there is a fleeting moment when the mind

Is quiet and reposed. For these few moments, one’s

Mind is clear. Otherwise, one’s mind is an experience

Of contradictions. #the many I’s of thought, perception

And emotion that arise from the human functions

Are not intended to oppose each other, but can not

Peacefully share the same space. The I’s cannot be

Unified, much akin to the warring chieftains who claim

The same cultural history but have no form of governance.

With out presence the I’s control one’s psychology. One’s thinking

Becomes confused, accidental, and determined by eternal events.

One becomes happy or sad because the I’s anticipate an external event, which

May of may not happen. Yet the mind can rise above the noisy areas of the I’s and pass

Into a purer mind with tranquil restoration. But this facility does not come by itself.

It comes by raising one’s awareness from paying attention to the small moments of one’s day.

With a receptive mind, one listens to music, a conversation, Incidental sound, and a state grows

That has no opinion or preference, but just quietly is. By listening, one finds silence. One becomes still

Calm point in a turning/expanding universe. One hears the still small voice of All-Ahhhhhh..

Back in 83 Me As Tony Montana

Do We See The Crowns

They Are Close to Ray

One For Heart

One For His Crown