Day 078f: When a pilgrim parses the Plod … (July 01, 2019)
Tempo is a funny thing: the deeper one immerses into where one is in any moment, the less one’s velocity becomes recognizable. One no longer walks slowly or quickly, or smoothly or ploddingly. One simply downshifts into the moment and easily harmonizes the movement of one’s body with its surroundings. In these times the pilgrim is no longer walking his pilgrimage, but is rather being somehow carried along by the same …


“Who put the S in comic to make it cosmic? The Self, I guess, which is to say the self of all beings – choosing to disguise from their delusions the truth that everything is just a ride along a river. And so it is that the pilgrim comes to realize that with but a laugh he could turn from all the seriousness he learned, and connect instead with every atom in his wake – thereby fluidly creating breathtaking beauty with every step of his newly graceful being.” ~ inspired by Jay Woodman