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Part 3: The End: We Sea!
26 poems are meant to be read in order.
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Most of us think that the goal of the spiritual journey is to find a blissful existence called “happiness.” In the end, we may find a peaceful way to live, but it is not a blissful existence. The journey is the goal.
Portfolio -> Bottle in the River -> Part 3: The End: We Sea!

River Rising  [E]   1.1 KB
It’s raining now; way too much. From Bottle in the River.

Flood  [E]   0.9 KB
Though the flood brings uncertainty and destruction, it also brings renewal.

Wet Basement  [E]   1.3 KB
The Poet recognizes that impermanence is here to help us back into the flow.

Age of Terror  [E]   1.5 KB
The Poet finds himself floating in a pool of fear, stagnating with the rest of culture.

Way Muse In  [ASR]   0.5 KB
Ode to the muse or the river or the dreamtime or whatever . . . From Bottle in the River.

Daydream  [E]   0.8 KB
Going into a dream and coming out. From Bottle in the River.

Daydream Connection  [E]   1.0 KB
Back in the daydream, the Poet learns we are connected to all living things!

Together  [E]   0.6 KB
We are connected, even if we live on different planets. From Bottle in the River.

Togetherness  [E]   1.2 KB
We can achieve togetherness if we all live with the right intentions.

Life  [E]   0.5 KB
Uncertainty connects us. From "Bottle in the River."

Genes  [E]   0.8 KB
There are instructions connecting one generation to the next. From Bottle in the River.

Sequence  [E]   0.6 KB
A poem based on the mathematical series found in nature, art, music, and genetic research.

You Can Love  [E]   0.9 KB
Loving Kindness connects all beings. From Bottle in the River.

Eleven  [E]   0.8 KB
We believe in such things as the number eleven, can we believe the river leads to the sea?

Sea Saw  [E]   0.9 KB
But will the river truly lead us to the sea? From Bottle in the River.

Small Talk  [E]   0.7 KB
Though called "small talk," the weather is actually not so small after all.

Ocean In Tension  [E]   1.8 KB
Finally, the Poet makes it to the ocean, and it’s not blissful like heaven.

Ocean Intention  [E]   1.5 KB
Learning that lessons are endless, bliss nonexistent, the Poet returns to the river.

Rescued Me  [E]   0.7 KB
Okay . . . is it about me, rescued; that I was rescued; or the one who rescued me?

Not Like I Thought  [E]   0.9 KB
Nothing is ever as we think it's going to be. Perhaps dying is the true awakening.

Translucence  [E]   1.2 KB
The river, bodhichitta, and fear are one.

Waves of Love  [E]   1.3 KB
Having gone down the river to the ocean again, the Poet learns to ride the waves of love.

Preamble  [E]   1.2 KB
Could be about before I met my wife, or a message to my daughters' boyfriends.

Wake  [E]   0.5 KB
An ode to the muse, or bodhichitta, or whatever causes the waves!

Evaporation  [E]   0.7 KB
Evaporation of the ocean is what creates rain, which drives and feeds the river.

The Seventh Day  [E]   0.7 KB
On the Seventh Day, the Lord threw a party and made a toast!