Beach Side Meditation By the Sea
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"Water is the Hub of Life.
Life originated in the ocean.
Water is its mater and matrix , mother and medium.
Life could leave the ocean when it learnt to grow a skin and take the water with it.
We are still water animals, only we have the water inside, not outside.
We are walking aquarium. We are 20% aqueous solution."
from "The Living State with Observations on Cancer" by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi 1972, New York Academic Press
A daily pilgrimage to the seaside refreshes and revitalizes by imposing meditation.
The rhythm of the tides and surge of the waves, to and fro, in and out
Calms the spirit of those listening to, and watching, the pulsing mantra of waves breaking,
Whooshing and hissing, splashing and dashing, surging up the shore and back.
Every day the sea is different in some way,
Yet like an old friend, forever familiar as the same old sea and ocean.
The waves break and rush white with foam, bubbles and froth up the wet shore
Leaving wedding gown train crescents on smooth glistening wet sand.
The rhythm of the sound and visual surge of the image is meditation
To all who come to the shore daily to be refreshed, adore and pay homage
To 'mater mer', the mother and matrix, and womb of all life, here, on Planet Water.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2016
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