the ocean teaches me...

i'm looking out into the gentle curve of horizon that brings together the sea and the sky from this wraparound deck perched on a hill. the pristinely brilliant beauty is soaking up my body and mind when it dawns on me vividly that all this, all this and all this is a reflection of the awesome splendor of my own inner self. while beholding the grandeur without i appreciate the grandeur within. gee, i can never get tired of looking into the ocean. it teaches me so much. for instance, right now, i'm remembering this little detail from the hindu tale ramayana:

hanuman, the monkey king, the embodiment of devotion, service and resourcefulness, is given the task to find a ring that dropped into the ocean between what are now india and sri lanka. hanuman dives right in. when he arrives at the ocean floor, what does he see? the ring he's looking for, and ten thousand more identical ones. yes, indeed, what is happening happened before, over and over. truly, there's nothing new under the sun.