Skeleton Daybreak

Get up an' wash, make coffee, clean teeth. Sit in the Sit Place an' do meditation. It is only an amplification of what should always be there anyway...an awareness of an eternal state of being; jus' turned up a little bit louder, that's all. Rise belly, fall belly...on and on.

Like on a rope bridge you have to walk steady if ya don't wanna fall into the abyss below but all the same there can different ways of walkin'. For those with a lot of fear they might have to crawl across, for those that are brighter a certain amount of license can be given. Just as long as you don't let go completely, then it is possible to go some distance suspended over the void. Yeah man, suspend yourself in space with one hand clapping, you can go quite far if you are feeling inquisitive and the scenery appeals. Just remember to always come back to the bridge though, 'coz ya don't wanna get lost forever.

Sittin' an' breathin'. You know the body feels different dependin' on the time of day. If ya sleep well then in the morning the body is light and pliant, ain't no doubt about that. Muscles an' organs so fleshy man. Also so ephemeral. Skin is stronger, more like leather and can stretch out over centuries when entombed. Hair an' nails, they last a long time as well. But none have the iron like longevity of yer skeleton. That man can almost last forever. Almost but not quite of course 'coz forever is a long time but all the same, skeletons are built to last.

Ya breathe, ya rise belly fall belly, ya meditate on skeleton when all else is taken away...yer crazy mind, yer crazy thoughts, those pumpin' vital organs an' ya very heart...then ya just have skeleton. An abscence of thrill after the show has gone but an honesty of statement. Tramp forward baby, go 100 yrs into the future an' take a look back. There you'll see - on a green hill under skies still as blue as they are today with clouds awesome in shape rollin' across them - lies ya skeleton. Stripped clean of all this livin' an' strife an' tryin' ta make sense of yerself an other people. Intact. Skull, hollow eye sockets, teeth, vertebrae, arms, legs, pelvis, hips...many day breaks come an' gone but still there lies skeleton.

Meditate now an' feel yours solid as a rock supporting ya, it knows so much more about this planet than you could ever imagine. Been shaped by the millions of rollin' tumbles round the sun that Earth has been on. It is where things have got to in terms of creation. Maybe later there will be better to come, no one knows after all what is in the future. Yeah baby, maybe later better to come. But for now all praise to skeleton, ultimate piece of natural machinery, most definitely copyright Planet Earth. Half close yer eyes an' set in motion the rise belly fall belly. Say big hello 2 your skeleton.