Back again from retreat in Portugal.
Orange trees were bearing early fruit in the cloister that we rounded to and from sitting, over and over, around and around.
We sat together, wind and rain whipping fierce outside, clouds hanging thick and heavy, then unexpectedly autumn light was cast pale yellow with shadows on the floor. Suddenly sky, like our minds, sometimes opened to radiant blue.
Hearts, too, opened.
A flock of birds took flight in the afternoon. Stars rested in the night sky. What else? Nothing. Just that, in abundance.
After Portugal, abundantly
About the Author: zenscribe
Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
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