Saturday, November 21, 2015

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 "As a lamp, a cataract, a star in space,
 an illusion, a dewdrop, a bubble,
 a dream, a cloud, a flash of lightning;
view all created things like this."
The Buddah - from the Diamond Sutra

Orchids
(Paris)

14
Listened to, read and shared
https://youtu.be/IE88rtbm2Yk


15
Walking meditation began at Gramercy Park
proceeded down Irving Place to 14th Street
 where Apple bank offers "Totally FREE Checking"
 continued Eastward, crossed 1st Avenue
"Om Mani Padme Hum"
onward to the East River at Avenue C
sauntered along River-Cove Park to 23rd Street
West to 2nd Avenue and South to 21st Street


16
Downtown by bus to write with my group
'The Moving Pen'
(Ginko Path)
 Two hours later:
A three-part Thanksgiving piece is in process
Darkness


17
Returning to wellness
http://yogaformentalwellness.org/
Two hours later:
to Penn Station where I got my ticket for Massachusetts
(They said okay and posed)
 pigeons were sunning at the Main Post Office
Walked home

 
18
Returned again
 (mental wellness through yoga)
 Two hours later:
went round the corner on West 25th Street
to the Serbian Cathedral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Chapel_Complex
 then on to the Eternal Light Flagstaff at Madison Square Park
Dedicated on Armistice Day 1923 commemorating the return of soldiers and sailors from World War I.  Commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker at a cost of $25,000, it was designed by Thomas Hastings. Made of Milford pink granite, it's inscribed with the names of significant battles.  The ornamental iron cap of garlands and rams heads was sculpted by Paul Wayland Bartlett

 
19
No photographs, just resting, writing and being

20
Sheltering inside the Amalgamated Bank
(23rd Street at 3rd Avenue)
A short while later
Found on the street
 Still warm
 
 No breath
No marks
 Such beauty

 Farewell

Not the end
Return to Innocence
https://youtu.be/VAqpAyoeOw4
~*~

1 comment:

Mo Crow said...

always enjoy your walks in the Big Applem especially seeing the fire station, my Uncle Stan was a New York City fireman all his working life