Yikes! We just got about 4 feet of snow last night. Had to wade out the wood shed and dig the off the roof. It took me a couple hours. Who needs to be a member of a gym when there is all this great exercise right here. Wonder when one of my nice neighbors will come help plow the driveway?

Occasionally my Tai Chi teacher gives us lists of Tai Chi concepts. These lists can be pretty heady. One of his recent lists is as follows:

1. A waking up out of the [contradictions] (he put contractions ?) of our "mental myths" and "family movies."
2. A spiritual re-parenting.
3. Learning where awareness is caught in the stories.
4. Relationships and life...after all, what else is there? Earth, self, parents, food, nature, pleasure, pain, T.O.T. and animals.

The list goes on but I'll stop here.

I asked him, "T.O.T. What does that stand for?"

His reply, "You know, That Out There."

This was his attempt to name the divine in a way that would encompass all religions and philosophies?

These simple letters sent me onto a journey of thought that sent me to the outer reaches of the solar system and back again to the smallest particle of matter. I thought no, That is not out there, That is in here. And when I looked in here I couldn't find anything either. Elusive that That. Hence the title for this mandala.

Season's Greetings to all !