According to Buddha
The fun is having friends who help each other get free.
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a day ago at the Universiade Pavilion (Butterdome) ~ Etown November 2020
According to Buddha
And when you have the chance to stand somewhere where nobody’s watching you, and you can just look at people. I spend lots of time doing that. Like, I’ll sit in a car on a street and watch people go by. I’ll just look at each one as somebody who is an absolutely exquisitely articulated entity unfolding before my eyes. Then they walk off, never to be seen again probably.
a day or so ago Port of Vancouver, BC ~ October 2020
According to Buddha
If you wear shoeleather, the whole earth is covered with leather.
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Street art ~ Cowtown AB ~ September 2020
According to Buddha
The soul is not part of the incarnation. It comes into the incarnation. And the soul is not afraid of death because it has done it so many times.
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According to Buddha
Once a very old king went to see an old hermit who lived in a bird’s nest in the top of a tree, “What is the most important Buddhist teaching?” The hermit answered, “Do no evil, do only good. Purify your heart.” The king had expected to hear a very long explanation. He protested, “But even a five-year old child can understand that!” “Yes,” replied the wise sage, “but even an 80-year-old man cannot do it.
we are the halluci nation
we are the human beings
the callers of names cannot see us but we can see them
we are the halluci nation
our dna is of the earth and sky
our dna is of past and future
we are the halluci nation
we are the evolution, the continuation
Glenora building + Government House ~ Amiskwaskahegan, AB ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.
coeur mécanique où sont tes piles?
perdu dans un monde, tout étranger
quelle est la raison pour tous ces mensonges
on a plus le droit de se renfermer
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MacEwan West Campus (Grant MacEwan Community College) ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
I can do nothing for you but work on myself…you can do nothing for me but work on yourself.
they’re tearing down
so we can rebuild
and all this time
is just circles in my mind
so just for a moment
just one moment
just for a moment let’s be still
just for a moment let’s be still
just for a…
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red things along the way ~ Etown ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
A oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn’t about the egos.
think of your fellow (hu)man
lend him/her a helping hand
put a little love in your heart
you see it’s getting late
oh, please don’t hesitate
put a little love in your heart
and the world will be a better place
and the world will be a better place
for you and me
you just wait and see
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a sunny walk in etown ~ a day ago ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.
somebody told me to believe
to believe
to believe
to believe
to believe
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steeples from ‘Church Street‘ ~ Edmonton ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
So go with the flow, doing your best to accept and appreciate everything just the way it is (including your own imperfect efforts to resist nothing.) In doing so, you’ll find that the world becomes more chill, people become more beautiful, and your heart becomes increasingly filled with sweet, sweet gratitude.
you’ve got to get up every morning
with a smile in your face
and show the world all the love in your heart
then people gonna treat you better
you’re gonna find, yes you will
that you’re beautiful, as you feel
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day trip central Alberta ~ Treaty 6 ~ a day or so ago ~ April 2020
