these souls...



will wander...




to inspiring lands...

open your eyes...

drips and drops...

'the flow of Rio'




in honor of Rio Ranieri and memory of Kobie Ameel
~ the cycle of life... live in bliss and rest in peace. April 13th, 2008


the Rio flows into this world with an energy so calm while Kobie's energy subsides into oceanic bliss...
together they arise in a splendor of colours illuminating the sea.

the earth angel whom is here to infinitely remind you of unconditional love...
a creative man plainly says 'your life is a sailboat on a calm sea, with a good strong wind' and the circus was in town...
steel rhythms carrying the clouds and rays of sunshine from the swiss peaks.

the souls dance and chant like monkeys as the beat pounds deep into the night...
the flames are shared and the energy multiplies exponentially...
mirrors of faces...
eyes of mirrors...
is it possible to differentiate your reflection?

you are the reflection...
and the mirror...
and the most inner core of the facing soul...
you are the same.

each just a drop of the ocean yet a part of the ocean...
the part can never be more than the whole.

flow with the river...
don't push the river...
be the river.
be water my friends.
be soft.

in the strongest of winds even the strongest of oaks will topple to their fate...
so strong
so hard
so noble
so stable...
yet nothing is more stable than nature.

no part is more than the whole.

when she decides to blow...
the great oak is nothing more than a candle in the wind.

he may flicker and flare within the bursts of fresh oxygen...
yet in the end her storms snuff the ragingest of wildfires...
simply...
a burning match dropped into a stream of spring mountain run off.

pssssssssss.....
snuff.....

yet in these winds the grasses dance and flow with joy...
they are being cleansed
refreshed
rejuvenated.

their souls and roots nourished...
their compassion flowering into the world.

their essence and sweet fragrance overflowing from within,
while drifting on the breeze to the tides down the shore.

the waves say hello and welcome them...
two old friends meeting up for a cup of tea.

nothing has changed and everything has changed.
they have both infinitely changed with every present moment from the last cup of tea...
yet that infinitely present moment has never changed...
infinitely and eternally present,
and the same,
and different.

their embrace is proof that while their flowers and petals may manifest differently in appearance and aroma...
their roots are still planted firmly in the same healthy soul.

the roots intertwine in this embrace of familiarity and comfort.
a coming home in this wild universe...

their body absorbs you in...
and a gentle hummm immerses its' vibrations in each center...
each core...
each being.

the vibrations of this hum rhythmically transfer into a sweet OM.
all planes and dimensions congruent and parallel at this point in the everythingness.

inner calm and welcoming home from a long journey.
the odyssey across the sea searching.
seeking... seeking... seeking.

yet you now both realize the beauty was already there.

we may travel the shores of the world searching for beauty...
yet unless we carry it with us always,
our eyes are blind.

the treasure,
the beauty,
the calm silent fragrance of your bliss,
has been there always.

plant seeds...
sing songs.

the music nurturing the fertile soil,
a harbor clean and pure.
pure in nothing more than a sense of freedom and flow.

not pure as in perfect...
because we have already discovered that all the seeds are already perfect...
perfect in a sense that no part is more than the whole.

in a sense that all our drops make up the ocean...
all our oceans make up the worlds...
all our worlds make up the universes...
all our seeds make up it ALL.

so it is all perfect as it should be in a cosmic sense.

so now let us imbibe this sense into our scent...
the scent of each individual flower blooming with compassion.

be soft my friends,
be grass my friends.
dance and sway in the wind while the flow absorbs you.

the universe is a peaceful place.

allow your inner calmness and silence to be.

hold the hand of this silence,
and dance gracefully as your toes precisely hop from star to star.