According to Buddha
Love with expectation would never last. Last love must be intangible, pure and unconditional.
that night in toronto
with its checkerboard floors
riding on horseback
and keeping order restored
’til the men they couldn’t hang
stepped to the mic and sang
and their voices rang with that aryan twang
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horses at Free Rein Ranch ~ Lamont Alberta ~ March 2019
According to Buddha
Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be. Just being in the moment in this place is the deepest practice of meditation. Most people cannot believe that just walking as though you have nowhere to go is enough. They think that striving and competing are normal and necessary. Try practicing aimlessness for just five minutes,and you will see how happy you are during those five minutes.
i howled at the moon with friends
and then the sun came crashing in
wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh
but all the possibilities
no limits just epiphanies
wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh
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opening ceremonies ~ 2019 Canada Games, Red Deer AB ~ February 2019
According to Buddha
In the beginning we are all floating downstream. At some point we become aware that the currents are dragging us down and that we are no longer satisfied with the status quo of human.
in the wormhole of your mind
in the black water fading
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Ford Trimotor Float ~ Alberta Aviation Museum ~ February 2019
According to Buddha
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
yeah, we all could use a little mercy now
i know we don’t deserve it but we need it anyhow
we hang in the balance dangle ‘tween hell and hallowed ground
***
elevator in Delmas, Saskatchewan ~ January 2019
According to Buddha
Because seeing virtue in others is in itself a virtue, in appreciating others, we in fact dignify ourselves. [Admiring others could shade elegance upon ourselves.]
slide into the cool mud
underneath the pines
somewhere to your right or left
is my body you can find
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River edge ~ North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ January 2019
According to Buddha
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
oh so wonderful…gotta see this again…
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Joey’s Place, Edmonton AB ~ January 2019
According to Buddha
It is a very powerful thing that we could be by doing nothing. In fact, we be by not being. Struggle does not play an important part in order to exist. We don’t have to strategize further ways of maintaining ourselves or existing ourselves.
someday they won’t let you
so now you must agree
the times they are a-telling
and the changing isn’t free
you’ve read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on tv
***
Legislature Library, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Edmonton ~ October 2018
According to Buddha
Everything in the universe is created by our own mind. Our mind is the source of all phenomena. Form, sound, smell, taste, and tactile perception such as hot and cold, hard and soft—these are all creations of our mind. They do not exist as we usually think they do. Our consciousness is like an artist, painting every phenomenon into being. Once you have attained the state of the realm of no materiality, you will have succeeded. The realm of no materiality is the state in which we see that no phenomenon exists outside of our own mind.
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along the way Saskatchewan Highway 16 ~ December 2018
According to Buddha
We commit to the daily disciplined practices of meditation, yoga, exercise, wise actions, kindness, forgiveness, generosity, compassion, appreciation, and moment-to-moment mindfulness of feelings, emotions, thoughts, and sensations. We are developing the skillful means of knowing how to apply the appropriate meditation or action to the given circumstance.
there’s a rhythm to a highway to match the rhythm of your fears.
i don’t know what it’s like for you but here’s what it’s like for me…i wanted to turn beautiful and serve eternity and never follow money or love with greasy hands, or move the earth and waters just to make it fit my plans…my eyes would be the harbor, my words the perfect place for a girl on a road.
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inside the grain elevator ~ Marshall, Saskatchewan, Canada ~ December 2018
According to Buddha
Meditate upon the teacher as the glow of your awareness,
When you melt and mingle together,
Taste that expanse of nonduality.
There remain.
down where the gulls dance driftwood lying drying for the fire
yellow beak and sleek now the gulls are crying flying higher
out from the sea came a little green crab
taking the Sun the morning being very drab
old rusty cans, pebbles ‘bedded in the sand stand and stare
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Lithodidae ~ December 2108
