The Free Radical

There’s so much going on right now… as a world wriggles beneath our feet and dances around our heads…

“Dynamism is the way of the world,” spake the River. “The flow of Chaos and Creation never ceases… except where the false barriers of belief lay like heavy stones upon the fearful mind. All beliefs are false because they seek to impose permanence where in Truth there is none.

“Thinking is a river: thoughts are meant to flow; and though the mind may groove in familiar channels, the ‘water’ which flows is ever new… refreshed. Beliefs require no further thought; they are treated as given; they shut down the mind, making it heavy with boulders carved from false arrogance.

“As Creation becomes stagnant, Chaos ensues… to ensure that thinking may resume, skirting and dodging old beliefs. The river is uncomfortable– even deadly– as believers cling to the heaviest of stones littering their minds. There are no ‘safe’ conclusions in a reality steeped in endless beginnings. Life is process, never destination.”

I walked this day alone, without my new puppy. The full circuit is a bit much still. When I set out it was warm and rainy. A half hour later I was in a blizzard. A half hour after that it was sunny again. Talk about tumultuous transitions!

I know you’re probably getting tired of the daily updates on the Invisible Bear. Perhaps I should rename him Yo-Yo, as he keeps wandering up and down the mountain, attempting to gauge the severity of the snowfall.

This time I found his prints in the soft mud heading down toward the Dutch Creek community… so heads up folks! And speaking of mud, I discovered that an inch of soft mud on top of an otherwise frozen slope makes for excellent mud-skiing conditions. I really carved up that muck on the Tibetan Trail!

Many right now are feeling the transition in their own bodies. Sudden inexplicable sicknesses which last just a few hours, or dull headaches which persist for days, are making things challengingly uncomfortable. I’m feeling it too, but day-by-day I’m also feeling more and more invincible. Hang in there, and don’t try to fill your pockets with too many stones!