A moment in time in Australia
It was a late afternoon on a mid-December day. While most of the world was covered in a thick blanket of snow at the time, a warm wind blew and sung its songs to stir your emotions in Australia. It brought the sweet memories of times gone by and hopes for a good future.
It reminded me that we are here in this present moment, in the gift of living.
The wind rustled in the trees and swayed the grassy wands, moving the fur of a mouse and the hair of a king all the same. The wind came as a wall, only to open up and allow us passage through, curling around us as if it were a soft quilt all along. The wind spoke of adventures and roused the noble heart into the ways of the hero who is strong for others and willing to take on the uncertainty that comes with helping others. For the wind is all this, confident and flexible, changeable, and free.
The sun above me was blazing like Titan’s fiery wheel in the sky. It was a-dazzle with splendour and it was a soul-swelling experience. Between gaps in the palm trees’ canopy, lances of its molten-gold beams splashed onto the floor. In places, the dead leaves seemed to be on fire with an inner glow.
Under the cloudless and vibrant, lovely windy, just dusky, pink and shy, graciously clear, cold but bright, vast and sunny, miraculously plain and bright sky, my heart leapt up with joy,
I felt a surge of happiness pass through me as I was kissed by nature.
I opened my eyes and looked ahead. A dreamy sea with a rhythmic pulse, unmatched by any other part of nature, looked back at me. It forged its own sounds and kindled its own symphony and to that symphony, I danced. I danced my heart out, singing and smiling.
I was happy. In that moment, I was happy. I was unexpectantly and irrevocably happy.
In that moment, I was all the colours at once at full brightness. I wanted to stay in that moment forever, just stay still there…surrendering to the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes, believing in my endless potential and letting go of my endless limitations.
In front of that sea, I was loved, wanted, and cared for.
My hunger for love, my hunger for God, had been fulfilled for in the sky, in the sun and in the wind, I saw God. I saw him in myself. I felt the love in the air, I breathed it in. If I vanished here, I’ll shine like the sun.
Here I was, nothing and everything.
At the edge of that cliff, I travelled to a place where there was nowhere else to go. At the edge of that cliff, I travelled to the horizon that kept the sky and sea apart. At the edge of that cliff, I travelled to my reveries.
At the edge of that cliff, I was infinite.
