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Oceanic Thoughts

by Harman Harkema

We have gathered here at the Ocean to learn of special powers. The Atlantic Ocean is possibly the most powerful mystic place in the world. So we have come here to bathe ourselves in this mystic, Oceanic force.

We play the drums on our boats and beaches, our bodies responding to the beat, the heat, in trance we dance, a heart in blossom, a kiss to the bosom of the Ocean. We can sail on this water, no house can be built here, no monument erected in memory, the experience must be as we grow, we live in the moment sensed in the heart.

Sensing The Power

The wind roaring by our ears sets up primordial vibrations, we can taste the voice of the creator as his infinite wisdom merges with the sounds of the wind.

The waves in ever different frequencies, cradle us in motion, we are here, subject to the power, the infinite power of the Atlantic. We hang our seaship on anchor behind a small out island where the waves once crossed the reef, and come deposit some white sands on its shores. A beach and its shady palms have been listening for millions of years. Here, far from the clutter of the human creation we can prostrate ourselves, our soul naked, grounded in the sands.

Let the Atlantic share its power. Where, if it is that we are of the Earth and the Earth is of us, we can feel the Ocean as we can feel the blood in our veins...where it is that the Ocean is our blood, and our blood is the Ocean.

That we can become the Ocean and that we can share its knowledge, as our own, that we can come to understand who we are, what we are, and that the Ocean is wonderful. We find that we also are wonderful, full of wonder. What a wonder we are. Inside of us is the being, the intelligence that created the Earth and its Oceans. This is why we think we have dominion over the land. When we come to the Atlantic Ocean, we can slowly, but surely, come to our senses and realize that nobody has dominion over the Ocean. We can come to know that only if we become the nature of things, we can command it — then our command will be subject to nature, as it is nature itself.

Discovering Love

The ultimate bounty we have discovered is love with no end in sight, just like the Ocean. It is our destination where we will rest our souls. There along its shore there are curvy bums and bumps on balmy beaches, fanned by the royal shade of palms, penetrated by the power fields of incredible rock and coral formations. There is something soft, something hard, together as Yin and Yang merged in the Tao. Soak up that love, soak up that light, that lust to live with nature, the nature of who we are.

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About The Author

Harman Harkema learned to sail in Holland and is irrevocably drawn to water. He loves making long distance ocean voyages and is dedicating his life to sharing the beauty of the sea with others. Harman is also the director of Harmony Enterprises, a local environmental development firm. He can be reached at: 225 N. Hibiscus Dr., Miami Beach, FL 33139-5121.