When we reached Salt Creek Beach, it was around 3 p.m. We sat down on the hill leading up to the sea. The sky was clear, and the air was crisp. We lucked out with perfect timing to see the sun’s rays reflect and sparkle on the sea. The ground, trees, and blue sky framed the ocean in my view.
The moments opened my mind and connected it to the light of spacious awareness.
We went down the hill. When I stopped at a spot probably fifty feet above sea level, the waves reflected silver, white, grey, and deep blue colors. Their playfulness rekindled my childlike wonder and excitement.
We walked to the water. The sparkling waves swarmed around my feet. I felt the cold water of the Pacific Ocean touch my feet, and I became aware of sensations inside my body.
I felt like being part of the sky, and in my mind’s eye, the breeze flowed through me. I was one with the earth, the water, the fire, the air, and the sky. The moments buoyed my spirits and lightened my heart.
I walked on the beach for about a hundred feet, and the intense tide touched my feet. I stopped for several minutes and experienced the moments soaking through all my senses—my eyes bringing in the magic of the fantastic landscape, my ears tuning into the sounds of the waves and people around me, my body feeling the breeze on my skin, my nose feeling the scent of the ocean and air, and my mind thinking.
I closed my eyes and felt one with stillness and awareness. I allowed and accepted all in the moment. It felt peaceful, calm, and soothing.
The sun moved towards the north while going down towards the horizon. On that side of Salt Creek beach, there are rocks and cliffs. As the waves crashed into the rocks, both sparkled with the reflection of the rays. I turned to my left, away from the sun, and the sea looked soothing, deep blue on the horizon. As waves approached the shoreline, the white color felt so vibrant.
One more time, I felt like the sky above where the clouds of my body sensations and thoughts emerged, passed through, and dissolved in the space.
I am grateful for nature’s light and love. I am peace – I am joy – I am stillness – I am spacious awareness – I nourish my mind, body, and intellect.