I just spent the day at the beach. I walked on the sand and sat down to watch the 7 foot waves roll in on Limanator beach in Marin California. It was 60 years ago when I was an ocean life guard on a different beach. In between, I have been to over 35 islands and have lived for over 4 years on the beach. It has been a beautiful experience. I remember that I was 19 at first and when the water was rough, I didn’t allow any one to swim on my beach in Ocean City Maryland. Then I would often climb off the lifeguard chair and play in the sand. There really wasn’t anything else to do.
Where My Spiritual Reflection Began
I reflect on this moment as it was my start with spirituality. I would watched the waves build up and come in. Then at the end, when it breached on shore I would see the foam come up to dry land. Watching each wave was like watching a spirit emerge out of an ocean of consciousness, it would take form and then disappear back into the ocean of consciousness. It had expressed itself. Very much like human being during their life. We develop an ego, individualize and then create our own world.
Life Passes in the Blink of an Eye
If you are deeply involved in what you are doing, the time goes fast. For me it was almost like a blink of the eyes. I was young and now I have aged. Today when I walk the beach, I cautiously felt the sand give way under my feet and have limited my walk to the point where my legs become tire. In the past it use to be 5 and 10 mile walks, now its a mile or two, but you can reminisce what it was like with the surrounding environment. Laminator beach is surrounded by mountains and that along with Stinson Beach a few miles south are some of California’s most beautiful beaches.
A Quiet Spiritual Reflection Among the Mountains
Today, no one was on the beach, as it was a weekday and most people had to work. As I looked at the mountains I recalled all the climbs that I had taken over the years. They were fun and scenic. It was a clear day at Laminator, while a few miles south at Stinson beach, there was a layer of fog and about 10 degrees cooler. I had my kayaks on my car and was thinking of taking a paddle on the streams that were near the beach.
The Spirit of Point Reyes
The small town of Point Reyes, not far from the beach, has many spiritual people in all types of art work, song and dance. Many a night I would hear music play at the Station House Restaurant and eat under the stars at night. The people were friendly and spirituality was in the air. It was fresh and clean and there was limited growth in the city as the sewers from the large cities were absent in this town. So its development was pretty much the same as from when I first saw it 60 years ag. I had done about half the people’s tax returns as a CPA, so I got to know everyone. Most are now gone and were like the waves that broke along the coast line.
A Spiritual Reflection From Sunrise to Sunset
There are forests and horse riding trails in the mountains with great views. On weekends, when it is a nice day, you won’t believe the crowds, as thousands go to the beach. I have often walked the beach early in the morning and on the sand as the sun would come up it sparkled like gold. Hopefully you have had spiritual moments like this and have accumulated them over the years. God has blessed us if you have!!! Now it is sunset at home as I write this and the sky is orange, red and blue. It is pretty hard to top this where ever you are.
