Seeing and Hearing

Seeing and Hearing is quite different from Looking and Listening.  This morning I practiced seeing and hearing while meditating on the Yogatorium deck.  You know by now that meditating can be done while "washing the dishes" (Brother Lawrence) as well as while doing many other things.  After all, my meditation practice is aimed at hearing God - Spirit - the Universe. …..Seeing this morning was delightful.  I practiced seeing the sunlight patches on the tree trunks as the sun shone through on its way up.  On seeing the shapes of individual leaves on the trees.  On seeing details, some large, some small.  I practiced hearing the birds and imagining what they were saying.  Heard and saw a wasp on the window and assisted him/her in finding a way out the door to freedom.  Oh my!  Two tree frogs are conversing.  The shadows of the trees on the green grass in the pond basin are growing shorter as the sun rises.  A new tree is growing near the labyrinth in exactly the same spot where I tried and failed planting willow trees a few years ago.  This, I believe, is a red maple and will one day provide a sort of screen between the labyrinth and the cottage.  Three new-to-me bird songs are in the air.   A pair of mourning doves are walking on the little ledge outside the screened porch - never before seen by me.  Peace, they say to me.