Kaleidoscope Sky
Another cloudy morning in Dana Point. I am in exceptionally high spirits today and I am brining my own sun where ever I go. Also, the clouds that are here are super cool. They are not your typical coastal marine layer. They have lots of lines and perforated striations that let in just enough light to cast a silver pale over the water. It looks almost surreal.
I leave about 8:30 and when I get to the parking lot, there are plenty of people here. The park rangers are here in force for the 4th of July. I think they are here to enforce the no alcohol restrictions at the beach. When I reach the beach, I see lots of chairs with no people. This is a common 4th of July phenomenon where people claim their spots super early and come back later in the day. Give this place a few more hours and it is going to be a zoo.
The water here is smooth and the surf looks similar to yesterday with some decent, but not huge, sized waves. I walk out into the water and walk through the white water. I start to swim and dive under a couple oncoming waves. The water seems less cloudy than yesterday but the visibility is still poor.
I swim south as I sort of linger in a glow that surrounds my entire body. How did this happen? How is it that I arrived here a this wonderful place? I’m not talking about the ocean as incredible as it is. No. I am swimming in a sea of love. This water has melted my heart and obscures my vision in enchanting and blissful ways. How long will I remain here? I don’t know but I intend to draw it out for as long as I can.
The water may be just a little cooler than yesterday but still pleasant. I am just loving these clouds over the entire swim. They look magical. I wonder, am I the only one seeing this? Have my perceptions become so influenced by my lingering bliss that I simply can’t see straight? Probably.
The water feels all wobbly and jumbly today. I can’t decipher the sensory input coming in through my senses. I’m just going to keep swimming and receive all that it is that is coming through and not think about what is influencing the final rendered experience. The experience stands on its own.
The sky shifts and reorganizes itself like the tiles of color in a kaleidoscope. I pause at various points up and down the beach and watch the kaleidoscope turn another twist. Everything here has a silver glow around the edges. Those perforations in the clouds seem to bleed traces of blue and red.
As much as I am enjoying it, I want to finish this swim so I can get back to the things I was attending to prior to leaving. There is a glow on the other side of the headlands that I can not much see but rather feel. I want to go to there.
