once upon a vision quest

for the record, this blog is totally a reference to BE HERE NOW by Baba Ram Dass (formerly know as Richard Alpert, PhD)...
a old favorite of mine, and most definitely a holy text.

In context:
"Example: somebody looks at you seductively... an ice cream cone goes by............ will it ever be THE BIG ICE CREAM CONE IN THE SKY? Will it ever be an ETERNAL ICE CREAM CONE? or .... is it always going to melt? you gotta keep eating it yet it melts & melts, that's its problem, you gotta keep eating it cuz it will melt......... and then it's gone & you know the taste in your mouth when you finish &.... you want a glass of water? right?... then you have the glass of water & there's that bloaty feeling?... THEN, you're ready for the next one... then you get rid of that one.........
Let's take a walk.... & you take a walk..... It's cold out. Let's have some hot chocolate. yes, let's have some, & on & on & on & its called
LIFE.
You see: the opposite to craving is saying Baby, this is the way it is. yeah. ok. Here & Now. this is it.
I ACCEPT THE HERE & NOW
FULLY
AS.IT.IS.
RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT!!!"
-Be Here Now, pg. 37

so that's it....
no more melty ice cream...
except on the internet. ;)

<3 <3 <3

to new beginings.
begining NOW.