{"id":2550,"date":"2015-10-31T21:34:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2015-10-31T21:34:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:34:06","slug":"all-around-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/31\/all-around-you\/","title":{"rendered":"All around you"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aozasayama. October 26th. My two hiking buds got into a conversation that went on for a while and I ended up out front, walking a good bit of the way by myself.<\/p>\n

It was good. I like them both so much. I kept smiling thinking how easily they must\u00a0have been\u00a0talking. And it was a good chance for me to focus on everything all around.<\/p>\n

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It’s a new amazement every hike–all the things to see.<\/p>\n

All the things all around you.<\/p>\n

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ALL AROUND YOU (Take 1)<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/141027_All_Around_You_Take1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

If you have the time \/ To come along with me<\/p>\n

The will to climb \/ To where you can see<\/p>\n

If you have the mind \/ To set yourself free<\/p>\n

You might feel sublime \/ Know your reality . . .<\/p>\n

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. . . all around you. \/ It\u2019s all around you.<\/p>\n

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Would you dare to press \/ Your bare feet to mine?<\/p>\n

Did you hear the moss confess \/ That we too are divine?<\/p>\n

Can you recognize \/ A fallen leaf\u2019s equal worth?<\/p>\n

Can you fill your eyes \/ With this lovely Mother Earth?<\/p>\n

All around you \/ Yeah, she\u2019s all around you.<\/p>\n

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Have you surely surmised \/ No need to kill the moon?<\/p>\n

Fully realized \/ The sun won\u2019t die so soon?<\/p>\n

Have you learned to prize \/ A shadow on a leaf?<\/p>\n

Not to be chastised \/ By some commander-in-chief?<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re all around you \/ Yeah, they\u2019re all around you.<\/p>\n

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Have you heard them say \/ That we\u2019re dumber than the dead?<\/p>\n

And have you heard them pray \/ For God to put them at the head?<\/p>\n

And have you heard them laugh \/ At your unwillingness to fight?<\/p>\n

The way they speak on your behalf \/ Keeps you wondering through the night.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re all around you \/ Oh, yes, they\u2019re all around you.<\/p>\n

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When we look around \/ Do we see non-duality?<\/p>\n

When we walk this ground \/ Feel it caressing all these trees?<\/p>\n

Scrambling up this slope \/ Striding toward the sky,<\/p>\n

Do we know a tree limb\u2019s hope \/ Don\u2019t need to ask it why?<\/p>\n

This infinite energy\u2014 \/ It\u2019s what we really are.<\/p>\n

And oh, how amazingly, \/\u00a0You exploded from a star!<\/p>\n

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Now you\u2019re all around you.<\/p>\n

Yeah, you\u2019re all around you.<\/p>\n

Oh, yes, you\u2019re all around you.<\/p>\n

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Aozasayama. October 26th. My two hiking buds got into a conversation that went on for a while and I ended up out front, walking a good bit of the way by myself. It was good. I like them both so much. I kept smiling thinking how easily they must\u00a0have been\u00a0talking. And it was a good … Continue reading All around you<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions\/2566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}