According to Buddha
All-inclusive study is just single-minded sitting, dropping away body and mind. At the moment of going there, you go there; at the moment of coming here, you come here. There is no gap.
how do we how do we not fade
how do we how do we how do we not fade away
how do we how do we oh
***
combs in a wasp nest ~ Etown, AB ~ October 2018
According to Buddha
Avoid a negative approach to life. Why gaze down the sewers when there is loveliness all around us? One may find some fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music, and literature. But isn’t it better to enjoy their charm and glory?
if you want another secret
can’t back out, or make it
you ain’t ever gonna be it
by takin’ someone else’s away
never take it for granted
you don’t have to understand it
here’s to whatever puts a smile on your face
whatever makes you happy people
***
Tropaeolum (nasturtium) – my garden ~ Etown, AB ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
A smooth life is not a victorious life.
over the horizon
she’s smooth sailin’
these concrete seas
now she’s headed
east down the boule, the vard
***
Alberta and Saskatchewan ~ March 2018
According to Buddha
Do something brave and lovely with your life!
wouldn’t you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
we got a groovy kind of love
we got a groovy kind of love, oh
we got a groovy kind of love
***
underwater rose ~ February 2018
According to Buddha
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and those who do not love me.
so many people
are so broken
and this story’s
broken too
we go looking
for forgiveness
for things we did
or didn’t do
***
According to Buddha
Worry thoughts are a habit. They act like a poisonous drug on the mind. Learn to remove the causes of your worries without permitting them to worry you. Where the worries and trials of everyday life are concerned, the mind must be like water, which does not retain any impression of the waves that play on its surface.
i’ve been on the top
but i lay low
ignoring all the signs if you say so
i don’t miss a thing i already know
say it ain’t so.
***
flora + water ~Edmonton, Alberta ~ January 2018
According to Buddha
The astral atoms assume wonderful forms of light at the mere command of the imagination of one in this subtle realm, and disappear when s/he so wishes. They wake again, in an ever new garb of beauty, at his/her call.
quiero regalarte las estrellas
sola luna entera
una hora extra para respirar
un pastel
una cereza
un papel que tenga letras o también pinturas para dibujar
***
The Festival of Trees, Edmonton ~ December 2017
According to Buddha
The basic law of right human behaviour is self-reform…Whenever any trouble occurs with our friends or dear ones, we should inwardly lay the blame on ourselves for getting into an unpleasant situation and then try to get out of it as fast and as graciously as we can.
my lines, your lines
don’t cross them lines
what you like, what i like
why can’t we both be right?
attacking, defending
until there’s nothing left worth winning
your pride and my pride
don’t waste my time
***
Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta ~ November 2017
According to Buddha
Practicing loving kindness meditation is like digging deep into the ground until we reach the purest water. We look deeply into ourselves until insight arises and our love flows to the surface. Joy and happiness radiate from our eyes, and everyone around us benefits from our smile and our presence. If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. Here and there are people who know how to take good care of themselves, who live joyfully and happily. They are our strongest support. Whatever they do, they do for everyone.
talk about me babe, if you must
throw on the dirt, pile on the dust
i’d do the same thing if i could
you know what they say, they say it’s all good
all good
it’s all good
***
birch trees, Edmonton,~ November ~ 2017
