Time with Guru (part 4 ) - **FLOATING**

it is so nice now that writing is spontaneous and within pure flow

nothing is looked up or consulted..

when the fingers are set to the keys, they just start moving 

and what is meant to show up, does...

it hasn't always been like this...

there was some smooth writing before, but not nearly this way..

since the blog opened -- it just comes without plan,

reflection or a *me* center -- 

the effortless way is so perfect and

freeing...

struggle feels *heavy* because to be burdened

like this is out of sync with what is 

inherently *natural* for the soul....

there is another story to tell

that is well, maybe just entertaining, fun, interesting, wondrous

or just what happens when one hangs out a lot with Guru 

the title of this story is *floating* ----

i used to go regularly to the pool at the *Y* in Seattle for exercise--

or  just to enjoy kicking around in the water ---

i am an under average swimmer at best and usually grab

on to one or two of those noodles in the deep end 

because it feels so nice to be buoyed up and 

float along without struggle....

one day, i asked Guruji
if she wanted to go with me to the *Y* --

she said, "okay"..

we arrived there, got on our suits and entered the pool --

when we got toward the deep end, i offered Guru a noodle

she took it for awhile...

later when i looked back at her, the noodle was kind of drifting 

behind her and she was floating like a buoy in the deep end --

not moving her arms or anything....

when i said, "Guruji, you didn't tell me you float."

she said, "doesn't everybody?" and i said, "uh, no"

(and i am a perfect example of that )....

she said, she really didn't know how to swim well

but has always floated since she was a kid...

this just struck me so funny as i had never seen this before..

and it was way out of my experience...

Guruji did not get any real exercise while in the pool

because the body just kind of drifted along with ease 

and absolutely no effort...

A few years after this *floating wonder* was witnessed,

Guruji and i took a trip one winter to California in search of sun

since the weather gets so grey and cold in Seattle day after day

around this time...

we stayed at a hotel by the water  -- 

the hotel had an outdoor pool which looked very inviting

and refreshing especially since there was a bit of warm sun out...

after we settled in, i did decide to take a dip or two in the water... 

the first time, swimming was the usual kick around 

and grab a floatie type deal ...

the next time, Guruji hung out on a lounge chair near

the pool reading while i did my usual bit in the pool...

i was paddling in a back float for awhile which came to 

a stilled kind of rest that was quite peaceful...

after this, the body began to float quite easily in a way that was different ..

(this took place in the deep end.)..

when i told Guruji about it, she watched and said to relax into it..

which i did and then the body began floating like a buoy...

one could literally be *sitting* in the deep end with no kicking or paddling

even cross-legged and the form floated effortlessly....

after the body felt relaxed, there were all sorts of poses that 

came -- 

and there was such a stilled, lightness to it...  

this was definitely a wondrous surprise at the time..

and so out of what was the usual way

and so much more fun and restful as well...

which just goes to show that anything can change

radically at any time...  

no one knows...

it is a very magical unfolding within the 

timing of grace...    

now, 

the floating thing gets forgotten

until one gets in the pool and *there it is* ....  

and lets suffice it to say...

the noodle has gone by the wayside...

just sharing some of the funny things that happen

when one hangs out a lot with Guru....   

maha shanti om