Cada visita al Volcán Irazú es maravillosa y diferente. Esta vez predominó en mí la percepción y el sentipensamiento del silencio. El sol brillaba en un cielo cian durante el ascenso por las faldas del coloso, entre plantíos de cebolla y papa y algunas fincas lecheras. Cerca de las cumbres, el cielo estaba más nublado. … Continue reading Silencio en el Volcán Irazú
You walk among the spirits of flying dervishes and the whispers of their mystical joy on the anniversary of Rumi's death. How many lives have been loved, how many loves have been lived, how many flying hearts have turned and danced in his land since 17 December 1273? How many dances have been danced, how … Continue reading Rumi: Rubaiyat at Random
I have been biking to the piers at Sunset Park to read Siddhartha while facing the upper bay of the Hudson River's estuary. I knew that Siddhartha's encounter with the river would be the tale's most moving chapter for me. I wanted to prepare for it by contemplating, as I read, the ebb and flow … Continue reading Siddhartha by the River
Mi alma es un cardenal-- llama bermeja flameando en el viento; canto dulce en crescendo amoroso; espíritu peregrino explorando territorios; sangre alada; corazón que pulsa en el bosque. Cardenal en Brooklyn, inicios de la primavera (Foto: Dimitriy Fomenko). [Portada: Cardenal en Saint Marks, Brooklyn (Foto: Canopic).]
Que el Amor te bendiga y te guarde. Que el Amor haga tu rostro resplandecer con su luz y te llene de gracia. Que el Amor haga latir tu corazón con vigor y te dé felicidad, paz, libertad. Passiflora vitifolia Foto de portada: Passiflora alata.
Lua Nova de outubro. No meu jardim, escuridão e calma. No zênite, Vénus brilhante, deusa amorosa do firmamento. Na minha lembraça, o luar sobre o mar do Caribe. No meu coração, você. Nunca tive os olhos tão clarose o sorriso em tanta loucura.Sinto-me toda igual às árvores:solitária, perfeita e pura.Aqui estão meus olhos nas flores,meus … Continue reading Lua Nova
I have had glimpses, finite experiences, of two infinities. One starts from the heart and leads inward, into the infinitesimal crevices of being and feeling. The other one starts from the heart and leads outward, into the cosmos that my bodymind experiences. Both are in flux, changing, evolving. They are also pervaded by love; they … Continue reading Rumi: Only Love is Infinite
Yóllotl significa corazón en náhuatl. Como concepto filosófico de los antiguos pueblos nahuas de Mesoamérica, yóllotl es el núcleo dinámico del ser humano, su movilidad vital, según explica el filósofo mexicano Miguel León Portilla. Hoy observé la flor anaranjada de un malinchillo mientras escuchaba el canto de un yigüirro (Turdus grayi) y el coro cacófono … Continue reading Yóllotl
