It's Why

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 The photo above is this morning's sunrise.  It will be mid-morning when I post this, but hope you enjoy seeing the photo.

I smoke a pipe for one reason and one reason only.  It is MY connection to my Spirituality.  I can't explain it any other way.  Not without more detail.  Smoking a pipe clears my head and strengthens my soul.  It calms my spirit.  It is MY connection to the Divine.  I can't say this is a reason for everyone to smoke a pipe.  Every pipe smoker has their own reason, but this is mine.

I have wrestled with demons all my life.  And say what you will about the spirit world, but most any woman wouldn't have put up with my demons.  But this is what a pipe does for me.  I win by smoking a pipe.  I can't explain it any other way.  It is a tool for meditation and connecting with the Divine.  I would rather be attached to my pipe than people in general.  I know that people are important in our lives, but I am attached to family.

I have done what I can do to win against the evil.  But I did it without belonging to a religion.  Smoking a pipe IS my religion.  I'm not sure that anyone else who smokes a pipe does it for the same reason I do.  I have written about this previously, but I get attached to things related to my Spirituality.  But I'm not used to people believing me, because I was alone in my understanding for too long.  My pipes have been constant companions, when people weren't.  

I'm not used to people believing me, but it's like my pipes became a part of my religion.  And they are.  Because the art of pipe smoking has a Zen-like quality that can't be explained.  Nothing about a pipe is rushed.  Just like the best in life and living.  Wealth isn't accrued over night.  I expect I might have to write a number of posts to fully explain about my religion and smoking a pipe, because I've written about it before.  And I'll probably write about it again.  

Pipe smoking is not like smoking a cigarette or a cigar.  There is an art to choosing a pipe, packing the tobacco, lighting the pipe, and using a tamper.  One doesn't just smoke a pipe.  One sips on the stem and savors the taste of the tobacco.  If you dont have twenty to forty-five minutes to smoke a pipe then dont.  But if you are working as I do when I write, you can smoke a pipe while working.  You can smoke a pipe while reading.  You can smoke a pipe while watching TV.  

But the pipe will require attention.  It's not like smoking anything else.  I wrote about this because I do my best thinking while smoking a pipe.  And for some of us, it's not a hobby, but a lifestyle.  Pipe smokers are more relaxed.  Pipe smokers aren't given to knee-jerk reactions.  We build relationships with our pipes like we build relationships with people.  Nothing about it is rushed.  And it takes time to learn to smoke a pipe.  

Given time a pipe smoker learns.  It's what life is.  We learn.  We all do.  Those are my thoughts this morning about my smoking a pipe.  This is not the last time I'll write about this.  Smoking a pipe is like life.  The best is never rushed.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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