A vision of the Essensual Beginning

In Hogsback I live on the property of deep-ecology artist Diana Graham, The Ecology Shrine (www.ecoshrine.co.za). I feel at home here, utterly myself and at peace. My mind and body gets a thrill each time I see the view of the Amathola Mountains from the front door. Through all seasons this place never ceases to enchant. Yet when it is firefly season the garden has an added allure. To be able to call this home for some odd months of the year gives my nomadic bones a very needed sense of rootedness. The Shrine has inspired me to many a writing. Here one of them >

 The Shrine

A vision of the Essensual Beginning

in the beginning there was

the sound

the vibration

in the beginning there was you

you in all

and all in you

in the beginning there was the dark space

lighted by throbbing fireflies

in the beginning this was the Shrine

that would enclose you

as you walk in

a place of far and close

wet and dry

young and old

growth and death

in the beginning it was it all

all that could be felt and heard and seen

and smelt and tasted

and it was good

in the beginning there was no word

nothing was said

only slow deep breathing

pulsing life through

thoughtlessness

in the beginning there was no ideas

or vision

of future

just pristine vacuity

a clarity of

The Now

A pure presence of the senses

nothing more

nothing less

simply

 Essensuality