A Glimpse Of The Cosmic Dance

When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see
the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when
we know love in our own hearts;
or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash - at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the newness, the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident,
all these provide a glimpse
of the cosmic dance.
--Thomas Merton

Vishnu Temple with pilgrim (Ruuscal Collection)
Solomon Temple from Horseshoe Mesa
Ray Paunovich: "Days of Autumn"
Colorado River at Palisades Canyon
deer antlers near Crystal Rapid