According to Buddha
The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the inner voice.
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-30 a day ago Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fete ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2021
According to Buddha
Those who seek prosperity for themselves alone are in the end bound to become poor, or to suffer from mental inharmony; but those who consider the whole world as their home, and who really care and work for group or world prosperity…find the individual prosperity that is legitimately theirs. This is a sure and secret law.
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along Highway 5, Invermay ~ Saskatchewan, Canada ~ July 2017
According to Buddha
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. You must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air.
fly if you wanna fly
go hide if you wanna hide
but don’t let them hold you down
don’t fade into the crowd
cause they don’t make the rules
and the world is bright and blue
and it’s waiting for you
nobody rules you
***
landscapes and airplane shots with iPhone ~ October 2016
According to Buddha
Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.
if you feel a bit under the weather,
if you feel a little bit peeved,
take granny’s stand-by potion
for any old cough or wheeze.
it’s a cure for hepatitis it’s a cure for chronic insomnia,
it’s a cure for tonsillitis and for water on the knee.
have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,
have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,
halleluja…
***
grandmother tea cups series ~ Edmonton ~ August 2016.
According to Buddha
Am I the ocean? It is too small, A dream dewdrop on the azure blades of space. Am I the sky? It is too small, A lake in the bosom of eternity. Am I eternity? It is too small, Framed in a name. In the vast region of namelessness I love to dwell, Beyond limits of dreams, names, conceptions. I am what I am always — In the ever-present past, In the ever-present future, In the ever-present now.
here’s what we know
we don’t know what we’ve got or if we’ve got it
and what we had, we already forgot it
the race is evidently to the bottom
we don’t, we don’t, we don’t know what to say
don’t know what it was but we want it back
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
The only reliable disciplinarian and guide for the ego-self is the true Self, or omniscient soul. “Wisdom never lies.”
and you’ll find out every trick in the book
and that’s there’s only one way to get things done
you’ll find out the only way to the top
is looking out for number one
i mean you keep looking out for number one
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Realize that you are not really a fleshly being; neither categorize yourself as a Hindu nor as an American, or any other conception you may have of yourself that is limiting and sense-bound. It is wrong to say that we are mortals when we are essentially immortal. It is the truth that we are gods, and it is wrong to call ourselves weaklings.
the heart has a way
of pushing you though the darkest days
we live in our mind
and it makes us all forget sometimes
can make life hard to tell
but if you can take a moment
and just listen to your heart
you will find there something to relive the pressure
***
random streets of Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Suffering is a good teacher to those who are quick and willing to learn from it. But it becomes a tyrant to those who resist and resent.
june 19, 2016
dearest dad
it’s father’s day. you’re in the foothills hospital. you’ve been in care with alberta health services since march 17th 2016…
and the…
professor of neurosurgery said
“your father is as strong as a bull…”
i said
wrong
nurse practitioner said
“your father doesn’t need to return to our clinic…”
i said
wrong
md looking at x-ray said
“it’s on the wrong side…your father was prematurely released by a resident doctor without looking at the tests…i’m sorry…”
i said
wrong
clinical and surgical assistant said
“your father will need a ‘relocation’ surgery…”
i said
wrong
md said
“your father will have another 5 years…”
i said
wrong
clinical and surgical assistant said
“here’s my personal number i’ll check on your father every day…”
i said
wrong
nurse said
“if you want to see a doctor from the adult hydrocephalus clinic i suggest you come before their rounds…anytime after 6am…”
i said
wrong
nurse said
“why are you here?…so sorry…”
i said
wrong
food server points at the breakfast tray and said
“here’s your father’s breakfast”
i said
wrong
resident doctor said
“oh really?…i’ll make sure the team’s nurse practitioner is here at 10am…”
i said
wrong
nurse said
“well no one from the team can meet you now…sorry…”
i said
wrong
patient care manager said
“write or phone in your concerns about what has happened to your father to our patient relations department…again, i’m so sorry…”
i said
wrong
nurse practitioner said
“does your father walk?…”
i said
wrong
nurse said
“oh your father will be in long term care…”
i said
wrong
nurse practitioner said
“your father will use the elevator when he leaves here…”
i said
wrong
nurse practitioner said
“your father had another stroke last week…the team came in…so let’s do another stunt study…then we’ll get a geriatrician…ok?”
i said
wrong
caretaker said
how’s your papa?
i cry*
i said
wrong (too long)
by the wrong means
it was the wrong plan
in the wrong hands
the wrong theory
the wrong questions
with the wrong replies
wrong
wrong
***
day #90 (2 months and 29 days), Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta June 2016.
(* for my Father, Mother, and sister)
According to Buddha
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
warm as yellow.
and i do not want to be a rose.
i do not wish to be pale pink,
but flower scarlet, flower gold.
and have no thorns to distance me,
but be bright,
bright,
bright, bright as yellow,
warm as yellow.
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ May 2016.
According to Buddha
Moods are often a result of environmental influences. Each one of us is affected in different ways by the world about us. But you should not allow yourself to indulge in moods over external conditions. Why should you take on the effects of your environment?
out of gas
out of road
out of car
i don’t know how i’m going to go
***
father and son outside of Saskatoon ~ Saskatchewan Highway 11 ~ May 2016
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