Original writings from members of An Open Door
I am something I sit here I type this I walk there I eat, I shit I laugh, I kiss I, I, I, OY! I count the hours and the minutes and the seconds Breathing and dreaming and doing I am a big deal I am nothing A thought, a dream, an illusion Here today…
From the secure ground of home’s retreat,an uncomfortable disturbance interrupts this insular peace.The choice to come out into the bright lightor return to sleep for a long winter’s night. Mr. Ground Hog, what will you decide to do?How will you respond to the panoramic view?If you see your shadow, what a fright,the prison of a…
In the beginning of the dead of winter, this warm bed, a cocoon, while snow falls gently in the dark outside. Awake now, warm inside, cold out, the presence of all awareness calls me to remember – the four walls of this room are but ephemera, filmy apparitions made in the geometry of a silent…
This quiescent January interlude is an essential gap between the old and the new. The past, trailing all of history behind lingering on the present time. The future beckons loudly ahead – attend to me instead! I will occupy your mind in a hypothetical, virtual time. Instead indulge in a restorative retreat and let January,…
Under an October sky The maple flaunts its orange flame Dancing in the wind it heaves a sigh Relieves itself and lets the sparks fly Branches bare in winter freeze Appear to die But they only sleep Dreaming of the buds of Spring There’s no need to grieve They’re just turning over a new leaf…
I am no one and no-thing matters I manifest into the now with empty hands and an empty mind and if you know me we can be free together We can move on past fear and pain by leaving them behind and walk away And so, we are free to be and when we know …
Oh, my tree friends, how you teach mefrom your lofty perspective, how to be freeof worries and fears and dis-ease and woesthat we harbor and cherish and won’t let go. Your leaves simply blow away and with the wind, dance and play.No strings attached to bring them back. You allow the new to emerge and…
As I look from down belowthe spacious sky opens up No pain, no anxiety, no thoughts existsPeace & calmness take over I’m in the quiet & stillness of my Mindwhich always resides in me A place where nothing can hurt meWhere joy & happiness are found In open & loving arms of loveThe place in…