Facing my wine, I did
not see the dusk,
Falling blossoms have
filled the folds of my clothes.
Drunk, I rise and
approach the moon in the stream,
Birds are far off,
people too are few.
-Li Bai
How wonderful it is to
be in a state of Samadhi at times; totally lost to the world. Samadhi roughly
translated means being so deep in thought or activity, you lose track of time.
Maybe you have had one of those days lately; a day when you have the world to
yourself or so it seems. Days when you perhaps are home alone and you just
enjoy the solitude. The phone doesn’t ring, no one comes to the door; it’s just
you and you alone. Sometimes you can get so absorbed in what you are doing, you
are completely oblivious to what is around you. Yes, this may include our
favorite alcohol beverage for that may make us more reflective. For some reason
I always found a winter day in the country to be the perfect setting for such a
thing. I go for a walk in the late afternoon down a country road and just keep
walking and walking in the cold. Before I know it, it is dusk and I have to
head back; the only sound are my footsteps crunching in the snow. Very few
birds or people indeed.
