According to Buddha
To be fully alive, fully human and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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broken wasp nest – walk in the woods ~ September 2020
According to Buddha
How do we know who we are? We might be one breath away from enlightenment or death or who knows? The uncertainty is great. It keeps it wide open.
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last afternoon of summer in the woods ~ September 2020
According to Buddha
This getting straight not only applies to people but to things as well, such as favorite music, disliked foods, special treats, avoided places, all your toys, etc. Everything must be rerun through your compassion machine.
the light begin to bleed begin to breathe begin to speak
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a day or so ago ~ University of Alberta south campus ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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abandoned farm ~ Athabasca County, August 2020
According to Buddha
But you know, you really don’t have to worry about whether everybody else is doing it or not. You just begin to get your own house in order. Recognizing your complete interrelatedness with all of it and with your own spiritual source changes the meaning of each act, and therefore both the reason and the way it’s done.
someday we’ll find it
the rainbow connection…
the lovers, the dreamers and me
la lala la lala la la la lala la la la
*** summer storm ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
I don’t really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.
jump in, let’s go
lay back, enjoy the show
everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
these are the days when anything goes
everyday is a winding road
i get a little bit closer
everyday is a faded sign
i get a little bit closer to feeling fine
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on the way to the vegetable farm Carbondale, Alberta ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
so if they call you
embrace them
if they hold you
erase them
’cause it might’ve been something, who’s to say?
does it help to get lost in yesterday?
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yesterday just after dark ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without an object.
sign, sign, everywhere a sign
blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind
do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?
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dead end signs ~ central Alberta ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
so easy, so easy, so easy
who are you?
da dee da da dee da doo
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yesterday, just after dark…sunrise ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
“Namaste,” which means: I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us. “Namaste.”
may the long time sun
shine upon you
all love surround you
and the pure light
within you
guide your way on
guide your way on
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Patricia Lake ~ Jasper National Park ~ June 2020
