forty-five. taxes. escape.

We are in the universe and the universe is in us—in the most unlikely places

For 10 days I:
1.     sat quietly for at least 15 minutes with focus on #45's higher self;
2.     made note of processes, failures, and epiphanies;­
3.     made simple images relating to this process. 

link to what happened next:
Ten Days of #45 

March 26 

I'm avoiding tax prep today. Such a tedious unpleasant chore from which I seek to escape!

  

Ah, escape. It's much more than taxes I wish to elude. After the #45 focus (see above), felt both clear and peaceful about life and politics. That is, until some dormant parts of self awoke from their sulk in the dark. 

Feeling things so deeply, I cried helplessly after reading the story of a cat called Ugly. Later, sensing other energies, I felt sad, bad, irritable, and miserable. 

I am all things (as we all are) And though ALL things are neutral, they lose their innocence through the spin story we put on them.  Welcome to the entire truth—neutral AND illusory—whether grasped, avoided, or observed.

I sit quietly and do yoga practice for the equanimity to observe. And there are things I don't want to look at—far beyond the annoying drag of tax materials**—my own and humanity's cruelties, heartbreaks, helplessness, judgements, mostly heartbreak....

Sigh! True. 

image of the Sanskrit version of the Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya)

metta

** And on that note—why should I pay taxes to support #45's trips to Florida?  

OK, back to taxes... 

or study the Heart Sutra for a while—yes!