Michael & Danielle's Wedding Album
As particles, captured by the force of ten thousand compressed suns,
spiraling inward - transcending dimensional
planes as they accelerate
towards infinity -
enter the
state
of
1
We experienced this past Memorial Day weekend in much the same way.
There is an aspect of seeming magic that appears occasionally in our lives and this was truly one of them. A swirling spiral of events and energies, manifesting as a great outpouring of Love by so many friends, coalescing into a spiritual one-point in time-space, along the path, near the peak of Mt. Baldy.
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We arrived late in the afternoon on Friday and as we drove up the narrow dirt path/driveway Michael stopped the car just before driving over what at first appeared to be just a stick. Backing up, and looking more closely, we discovered that it was a 3 foot long (at least) rattlesnake!
We took our encounter as a symbol of good luck and magic. As we later discovered, according to Native American tradition, the snake represents a transmutation that leads to wholeness.
As circumstances would have it, several nights later, it was at that same spot that we held hands and Michael proposed.
We took our encounter as a symbol of good luck and magic. As we later discovered, according to Native American tradition, the snake represents a transmutation that leads to wholeness.
As circumstances would have it, several nights later, it was at that same spot that we held hands and Michael proposed.
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We wore our keikogi and hakama with haori.
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Michael: "I come to you today with all that I am. All my faults, my fears, my inadequacies; my hopes, my dreams, my desires, my talents, and my love. And I ask you to marry me, and that with our partnership we will attain to greater happiness, greater love, and enlightenment."
Danielle: "I love who you have been, I love who you are, and I love who you are becoming. I love how I experience myself with you. I've learned the difference between talking about love and feeling it. Not a day goes by that I do not feel loved. Everyday we say a prayer of thanksgiving for our relationship and the love that we share, which is God's love. We ask for guidance to extend that love to all whom God brings into our day. As we exchange these rings, our daily prayer becomes the prayer of our life together."
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1. We vow in our married life together to continually break through our pre-conceived views of each other and see clearly.
2. We vow to let go of delusions created by thoughts that arise from wanting, holding, checking or making.
4. We vow to refrain from speaking harshly or deceptively to each other or about one another to others.
5. We vow to practice peaceful and ethical occupations and to support each other in realizing our full potential.
6. We vow to struggle to overcome our own delusions and to see clearly and help build a compassionate, loving home.
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8. We vow to support one another in our practice, to make our small "I" disappear and to attain to our True Selves which is part of Universal Energy and to always follow the Great Bodhisattva Way.
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Michael
Danielle
Cyndy Hayashi, Sensei
Frank Mc Gouirk, Sensei
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Dancers: Gretchen and Jamaica
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