I heard once that birdsong in spring stimulates tree buds to swell into opening.
How about you?
Are you alert to the vibrations reviving your passion and purpose?
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Dear Reader-Friends:
As I write this blog post, live-fire artillery is blasting Mount Fuji to bits.
Rocket bursts explode the calm of this early March morning.
Even at more than 30 kilometers distance, the earth here shudders.
Windows in my mountain minka rattle.
Blasts reverberate through its ancient beams.
The eyes of my dogs and cats reflect alarm, but they no longer express terror as they once did.
Like me, they have grown accustomed to this frequent disruption of country life rhythms.
For the fifteen years we have lived here, every year, several months a year, the cultural symbol of Japan, revered as Fuji-san, has been blasting to bits in our ears.
Looking over Lake Kawaguchi towards Mount Fuji I recall the ancient Tao insight on how to experience life:
Only when you stop liking and disliking
Will all be clearly understood.
When I suspend judgement of good versus bad in whatever happens to me or around me, suddenly I perceive the world through fresh eyes.
Which is much easier said than done.
How many judgements have you made today since you got up?
If you have ever experienced flow you know how exhilarating it can be.
Your actions glide effortlessly.
You challenge your abilities with confidence and skill.
You soar towards your goals with clarity of focus and awareness.
Contrast this with your feelings when you lose flow.

Stop doing, simply be.
Stop stifling, simply free.
Stop straining, simply flow.
Stop wavering, simply go.
Stop doubting, simply know.
Stop limiting, simply grow.
Stop withholding, simply please.
Stop constricting, simply breathe.
Stop taking, simply give.
Stop calculating, simply live.