foundation under foot

We too,
have unseen roots.

Moving and growing beneath the light of the surface .
Drawing up from the dark wet deep of what has been.
Reaching out for support and sustenance from surroundings,
A base of our keeping, harvests of seasons passed.
A place for deposit, to hold us firm to a solid world.
Somewhere between appetite and memory, to absorb and retrieve.

connected containment controlled carefully crafting

Entangled  networks of structures,pathways of interaction.
Sensitivity awareness extending beyond body,
That from which we determine how we feel,
Before the impact of our actions,below the concepts and cause,
It is not an obvious straight line that attaches center to earth.
A meandering forking of the fiber of ones being fixing itself
In
Place.

the answer is somewhere around you

quest of the questioner.
the perceived pathways and road side patterns from the perspective of a passenger.
time travelling retrospect , recognizable regional dialect
articulate a response in the language that is best digested for the passer by
fast food ........ motion sickness
sense of direction, sense of connection
part of the scene
for the time
being
?
looking for a sign

committee confidential

Closeness that it so close,  as to be unrecognized,

coupling openly taking place.


Place giving union to individualization ,

connections and conceptions, clarity and camouflage.

rustic revival review reform

teach - preach

promoting a productive exchange of thought and feeling,  between participants.

fostering a style of interaction that is respectful, an expression that is appreciative.

share - care

learning from all that is around you, all the time, consciously or not.

family of hope, community of  comprehension,host of inquiry and mystery.

space - place

knowledge that all of the living are temporary visitors,

reverence for  shelter, spirit,life, movement, and growth over time.

returning  remembering  rewarding relating religion

circular clues

                                                                collecting combining

                                                                 contents creating

                                                       contained catalyst communicator

                                           concentric choice  consequence corridor carried

                                                conscious contextual clarification charm

and the Finite bridging the Infinite

Patterns and relationships involved in the continuing of a group are not overt and obvious to participants .

What sustains what?
What contains what?

Repeated seasonal ritual  transmits an awareness of the regularity of the natural cycles of transformation and change.

Habits of sheltering, caring for others,nurturing giving.

The "training" of sun and earth over the generations.

The response anticipating the call.

observed through sacred division, and subdivision
construct of circumstance and opportunity.
direct communication unscripted unconscious.
subliminal spirituality, strange linkage between things and events.

a bigger picture - greater  plan - whole story

more than the sum of its parts and processes, bits and bundles,
beyond the border of  body, structure of verse, school of thought.
more to things than the moments reveal.

Bridging the Finite, and the Infinite

Bridging the finite, and the infinite.

The repeated seasonal ritual is only partially about the specifics of ,
 time and place- individuals gathered - parts played - words and actions.

Worship groups and their directors, including and incorporating "training" as part of their sacred ritual couple,
peculiar people performance procedure process  parade prominence to the proceedings.

The primary purpose has been attached to a social popular polarity of self / group expression and
self / group reception.
perception pretension presumption places people product praise platform pedestal premise.

center stage -  public praise / private promise.

a sacred  ritual can transform into a strange stage of personal spiritual expression and individual human psycho drama beyond the expectations of  planners or participants.

The experience is not to be evaluated in a standard way, it should not be quantified or qualified , compared, judged in a mundane sense as personal or group entertainment or spiritual advancement.
The " practice" should not involve a preoccupation with group recognition or status.
presentation portfolio profession profit pursuit .

not at its center any way.

The effects and effectiveness of group ritual are impossible to observe from within  the bubble of preconception.

A portrait that is posed is different from one that is candid.

I may have complete control of paint placement on a painting, but I have no idea what the viewer sees, takes away with them in memory and meaning.

My habit of tradition of group ritual assembly that is open ,
 happens ready or not, regardless of  space, or attendance.

What little control I have with the art of focusing and facilitating a fairly comfortable sense of appreciation of belonging to the moments that We are sharing together on that particular Time.


that is the picture , from my angle.

I have  no idea what people see of me,  magic in ritual, how they feel about the experience,
participation, transformation,healing, behavior?.
 how well received was a particular offering, or some ones  dish at the pot luck?
is that what is important?
is that the point?
or the perimeter?
My attention is elsewhere,
 often oblivious to people present around me, in an effort to acknowledge the presence and blessings of the gods , and not - gods!
past and present partaking in a relaxed referencing and refreshingly reverent and candid recognition of our not so obvious relationships, and their response,to our response of responding in ritual.