According to Buddha
You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
i talk to the trees
but they don’t listen to me
i talk to the stars
but they never hear me
the breeze hasn’t time
to stop and hear what i say
i talk to them all in vain
***
hammock hiding in the trees ~ yesterday Etown ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so dependent on social approval. You can be a little more eccentric. You can be more alone. And you can examine loneliness and boredom instead of being afraid of them. There is such an art and a possibility of aging.
i’m going way past tomorrow
way past yesterday
i’m gonna go so far
’til my sense is lose
all trace of space and time
going so far ahead
’til there’s nothing left behind
***
back-allys ~ Etown ~ May 2020
According to Buddha
The greatest thing you can do for another being is to provide the unconditional love that comes from making contact with that place in them that is beyond conditions, which is just pure consciousness, pure essence. That is, once we acknowledge each other as existing, just being, then each of us is free to change optimally. If I can just love you because here we are, then you are free to grow as you need to grow.
come tip toe through the window
where the window is where i will be
tip toe through the tulips with me
tip toe from your pillow
to the shadow of a willow tree
and tip toe through the tulips with me
***
store bought tulips in the garden ~ etown ~ May 2020
According to Buddha
Don’t prolong the past,
Don’t invite the future,
Don’t alter your innate wakefulness,
Don’t fear appearances,
There’s nothing more than that!
i looked a coyote right in the face
on the road to baljennie, near my old home town
he went running thru the whisker wheat
chasing some prize down
and a hawk was playing with him
coyote was jumping straight up and making passes
he had those same eyes just like yours
***
me and my dog just after dark a day or so ago ~ Etown ~ April 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
***
steeples from ‘Church Street‘ ~ Edmonton ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Words are like the finger pointing at the moon. They point to what is unspeakable. They can take you into their method to get you beyond words. They only work if you don’t get lost in the content. They start moving you in a certain direction, but then you’ve got to let go. They’re not the ocean, they’re the diving board. But you walk out on the diving board to get into the ocean. So we can convey relative truth, not absolute truth.
saw it written and i saw it say
pink moon is on its way
and none of you stand so tall
pink moon gonna get ye all
and it’s a pink moon
hey it’s a pink moon
***
April’s ‘pink moon‘ ~ Etown ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Practically speaking, if all of your enemies were well, happy, and peaceful, they would not be your enemies. If they were free from problems, pain, suffering, affliction, neurosis, psychosis, paranoia, fear, tension, anxiety, etc., they would not be your enemies. The practical approach toward your enemies is to help them overcome their problems, so you can live in peace and happiness.
the future’s open wide
i’ll stop the world and melt with you
you’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
***
melting ice ~ a day ago ~ Etown ~ 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
***
day trip central Alberta ~ Treaty 6 ~ a day or so ago ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation.
Use it.
well we know where we’re going
but we don’t know where we’ve been
and we know what we’re knowing
but we can’t say what we’ve seen
and we’re not little children
and we know what we want
and the future is certain
give us time to work it out
***
parked cars yesterday ~ Etown, AB ~ March 31, 2020
According to Buddha
The freer I get, the higher I go. The higher I go, the more I see. The more I see, the less I know. The less I know, the more I’m free.
now when i see those snowdrops
in March
my heart soars
back living a fairytale
a being in wonder
just as before
***
a day or so ago ~ North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ March 2020
