Just This Orchard From Just That Seed

I love pitta season!  Summer is hot and full sunrise to sunset.  Less clothes and more ice, dinners on the porch, outdoor concerts, road trips, and the clouds that roll in during the month of August... exquisite!

With so much going on, and summer moving almost too quickly, the concept of common place miracles has inspired my practice tremendously.  This poem by Polish author Wislawa Szymborska is just that... a miracle...

Commonplace miracle:
that so many commonplace miracles happen.

An ordinary miracle:
in the dead of night
the barking of invisible dogs.

One miracle out of many:
a small, airy cloud
yet it can block a large and heavy moon.

Several miracles in one:
an alder tree reflected in the water,
and that it's backwards left to right
and that it grows there, crown down
and never reaches the bottom,
even though the water is shallow.

An everyday miracle:
winds weak to moderate
turning gusty in storms.

First among equal miracles:
cows are cows.

Second to none:
just this orchard
from just that seed.

A miracle without a cape and top hat:
scattering white doves.

A miracle, for what else could you call it:
today the sun rose at three-fourteen
and will set at eight-o-one.

A miracle, less surprising than it should be:
even though the hand has fewer than six fingers,
it still has more than four.

A miracle, just take a look around:
the world is everywhere.

An additional miracle, as everything is additional:

the unthinkable

is thinkable.

So beautifully acknowledged... so cooling for the mind.  During particularly challenging asana, when the mind is heated and ready to react, I hear the words, "just this orchard, from just that seed..." I give my mind the permission to be with the miracle of the many from the one.  Just one breath... just one more breath... soft face, steady gaze, expansive heart.  Ripen your practice from the seed within, and witness your entire life become a most abundant orchard... the world is everywhere!

warmth and om rays,

Jami

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JelleS

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[Lin]

Thank you so much for posting this Jami! I've been thinking about this poem ever since you shared it in class.

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