#my cell phone won't let me use my data anyways for some reason.

[beyondthetemples-ooc]

I’m literally so excited to go to the ocean, though, that I’m literally feeling this magnetic pull under my skin, in the direction that I assume is the ocean.

(Update: I just checked. I’m feeling drawn north, northwest. That’s where the beach is! HELLLLA. Water woman for life, guys.)

Anyways, I decided I’m going to make it an evening trip~ One, the sun will be less direct, so hopefully, with liberal application (and re-application, and re-re-application) of spf60 sunscreen, I won’t risk getting sunburned as badly. The heat is also supposed to be less around 3-4 than it is right now (about noon-- it’s literally 90 degrees right now!), so that’ll be easier to bear while I’m waiting for the buses.

Plus, I really want to witness an ocean sunset...~<3

And, also? Meditation at sunset, twilight, dusk... is amazing. Entering the night-time is always when I become my most calm, alert, energized and sincere self. 

One of my most magical memories is the night I stood on the shore of Lake Erie, under a sea of stars, with the moon shimmering on the water. I was left alone for a moment. And I felt... The immensity. The eternity. The lights and smog to the Eastern shore may have tinted the horizon, but ultimately, they held no power here, over the moon, the stars, and the water. I felt myself a part of three worlds at once. Like straddling the veil. I wanted nothing more than to step into the water, and physically feel the pull of the tide... (But I was at a party, and I didn’t have clothes to change into... My mother wouldn’t have let me back in the car if I was wet. And unfortunately, there’s a good chance the water was grossly polluted, anyways.)

The moon and the ocean have an undeniable bond, though, and my bond with the moon is immense, It runs deep. Going into the water feels like coming home. Settling into the currents is like breathing, like a new heartbeat, like being swept up in a favorite song.

...Well, in case you can’t tell, I love water, and I love swimming.

I’ve also picked up, somehow, that the tides tend to be gentler in the evening? (No idea if that’s accurate or specific to any location, or where I picked it up from, but that information is In Me somehow.) So it’ll be quite nice for meditation.~

My only touch of sadness comes from the fact that I’ll have to leave by 9, 9:30 at the ABSOLUTE latest, to catch the last bus back. I’d love ot stay until well past sunset... but I really don’t have money for a Lyft. ;;