According to Buddha
I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn’t create more suffering.
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walking a day or so ago in White Rock, BC ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
This outward spring and garden are a reflection of the inward garden.
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a week ago in Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver BC ~ March 2021
According to Buddha
I have a thirsty fish in me
that can never find enough
of what it’s thirsty for.
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a day ago at Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf ~ Steveston, BC ~ March 2021
According to Buddha
Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to spirit, will find their own intuitive way.
a day ago Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC ~ March 2021
According to Buddha
Later never exists.
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Rearguard Falls Provincial Park ~ Fraser River ~ October 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
The cosmic humor is that if you desire to move mountains and you continue to purify yourself, ultimately you will arrive at the place where you are able to move mountains.
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fall days at Mount Robson ~ October 2020
According to Buddha
Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with gods and goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.
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somewhere along the Kicking Horse Canyon, BC ~ October 2020
