Episode 24 - Waves Crash, Come Back

In this episode, waves crash, come back. Despite our attachment to the picture, nothing is permanent. But that's what makes transformation - and erosion - possible.

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Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the Haiku Live Podcast, where we take a little exploration into some abbreviated moments. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. It is traditionally focused on nature and captures a fleeting moment within the space of three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable count. In a world so overwhelmingly immersive, a haiku is a moment of respite. These haiku are mine, moments of life, thoughts in the ether. This is the second in the Puerto Rico series. The sun calls, I look morning stretching through the palms, the waves crash come back. One is tempted to want good times to last forever. I spend time at the beach, I wake up early. The first golden beam that shoots across the Atlantic Ocean feeds me. I walk on the beach it doesn't matter the weather. Often the stormier the better if I am being completely truthful. The waves crash, if I could calm my heart rate to a meditative monk state, I imagine it would mirror the waves crashing, coming back, crashing coming back. Coming back like they have for millions of years. Maybe how we have too. Puerto Rico Cliffs and of course all over the world, but we're here so Puerto Rico cliffs are the subject of the story. La Cuevo del India is a spectacular rocky area, limestone cliffs, natural rock formations and sea caves formed over thousands of years by wind and ocean waves crashing, coming back. We smile and nod at the guy taking our money's earnest insistence on watching out for big holes. We're good. We've walked hundreds of clifftops. But once up there in the jagged exposed wilderness, you can scarcely see the dangers for the awe. And it wouldn't just be a stumble if you tripped in a hole, it would be a very scary plunge into the depths. But wait, come back. It's beautiful up here. Waves crashing, you breathe in rainbow sea spray, eyes transfixed on limestone cathedral windows washed with turquoise hue. One is tempted to want beautiful things to last forever. The wind and water of the last few months between now and our Puerto Rico visit will already very subtly have changed Cueva del Indio. It is not as we left it. Nothing is permanent. I am so attached to the serotonin boost achieved by a beautiful view, a walk on the beach, sunrise through palm trees. None of these are permanent. Nothing is permanent. In Buddhist teaching, what makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. Impermanence is what makes transformation possible. A garden grows. You learn new skills. You gain a different perspective. You heal. You learn. Waves crash. Come back. Thank you for listening to today's Haiku Life Podcast. You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram. A transcript of this podcast can also be found on the mygreatergood.com website. Matane, see you later.