Machapuchare at sunrise

between breaths

the air is still

cumulous clouds torn

by the fishtail

vapor fountains 

to the stratosphere

peaceful moment
charged with certainty
of storm

eventually
momentary 

stillness

prayer flags flap
beyond the tent 
it begins again

Peach in the mist

I've just mediated with the help of Karen Sother's touching guided imagery: Peace in the Midst, a brief guided meditation from her CD Sacred Pause.

I have this on my iPhone, but oh Apple, the iPhone calls this mediation Peach in the Mist...

I start by imagining myself to be Machapuchare, the great fish tail peak in the Annapurna range where my sweet young bride Janice and I spent part of our honeymoon.  

I'll never forget that mountain and how the twin peaks scratched the jet stream and split racing clouds thousands of feet above us.

Now when I mediate my mountain self, I return to Machapuchare and just breathe.

Fine way to start the day... before the sun rises... meditating and breathing,
once again for the moment, young, hopeful, in love and in the Himalayas.