a morning glimpse

exquisitely wonderful day today!  i Love summer!!  had coffee on the patio, with some happy cats and a very cute spider in attendance.  the air is fresh and perfect, the sun is warm but not hot.  sounds of birdies and squirrels playing in the trees.  so i come in and lay my mat on the floor, just inside the house, in front of the wide open door, so i don't have to leave the feel of the outdoors while i'm working out.  stretching gently, breathing in deeply, thinking about how i'm breathing in the sun and the butterflies and the sounds of the critters.  even the smell of wufka's fresh poop in the litter box by the back door didn't bother me much.  it all mixed together sublimely...   and as i'm taking in a breath, i experienced a momentary realization that i wasn't just 'breathing in' all those things, i WAS BEING all those things.   not just 'experiencing', but Being.  changing form with each breath, to include those elements of creation that i'm Now aware of, and Now.  and now.  spreading my consciousness out to be this, and now this, and now this.

i used to wonder 'why slugs', what purpose do they serve.  they keep popping up in my mental imagery.  no surprise since there's tons of them everywhere (here in oregon, anyway).  in relation to the above, i was picturing how slugs move forward, reaching and spreading their bodies out long.  they seem to 'incorporate' what's in front of them into themselves.  if they touch something they don't like, they instantly recoil, and move in the other direction.  if you mess with them much, they draw themselves up, appearing much smaller, and don't move.   i once saw two slugs mating, a long time ago, like back in the early 90's.  before i came to appreciate slugs.  at the time, i thought it was disgusting.  all wrapped up in each other, twisted and twirled around and hanging down in one slimy drippy mess.  ugh!
if i saw that again, i would take it in.  and let the beauty of two consciousnesses coming together in energy pervade my soul.   how wonderful that i am someone different in every moment!!  and that i get to choose what to take in, and what to recoil from.