I am here once again this day to rediscover what it means to be alive, to rediscover the stillness in this body, which fills me like water that settles down in such a way that no current disturbs it, that no wind ripples its surface and I become more and more intimate with every molecule of water in the body, as the weighted substance of the water draws me downwards into the depths of my being. And even though this water has a structure that supports me, now I let it become softer and more yielding in such a way that it guides me towards a more substantial experience of my inner life. So now I am this water which is still the water is clear and the light in me filters down through it towards the rich soil that lies at the bottom. And here my soul itself has planted its roots to draw its nourishment not from the highest parts of me but from the deepest and the lowest where it binds its nature to the life of the planet and even, if I sense deeply enough, the root of the cosmos itself the place where the great note is eternally struck. And the sound of that note which reverberates silently through every particle in my being, animates the whole of me as it rises up to meet the water, which shines in an invisible light created by that note, which penetrates all of me. And I am this light. And I open my heart to the water and to the light.
