Thursday ~ June 17, 1999 ~ 12:18am 

The Beginner's Mind

As I become fully immersed into the depths of my soul,  deep down where no one can ever go but myself,  I realize there is an inner peace that has been hiding there...   waiting,  something I had lost some time ago and now appear to have gotten back...  that inner awareness that's important to all of us. 

I don't really know exactly what this awareness is,  but I can feel it as something deeper than my normal day to day living and desires.   The scope of this "thing" is universal,  and I understand that it is presently beyond our understanding and knowledge.  But I know it is something that we strive for and something which I try to convey in my musical performances.
 
 

I gaze at the stars and wonder...    on the sheer magnitude of what is before me.   "Who am I?",  I humbly ask myself,  and as I wipe away the tears,  I think about the metaphor of ZEN and the ocean...

"...we are but the waves in an ocean.   We are our own individual wave heading toward shore.  Yet,  the waves are a part of the ocean,  which is vast and unfathomable.   We will be gone like that individual wave,  but...   we will still be part of the ocean! " 
 
 

Musical Listenings:

John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme
Steve Laury ~ Passion
The Who ~ Who's Next
Diane Krall ~ Only Trust Your Heart