According to Buddha
You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself.
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public art + remember/ing ~ Highway of Tears, at Tete Jaune Cache ~ June 2020
also see ❤️
The REDress Project by Jaime Black❤️
Red Dress Photography Project by Mufty Mathewson❤️
number of solar days in the mean tropical year by Hedy Bach
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…
***
red things along the way ~ Etown ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
There’s a mess inside you:
You clean the outside.
why don’t you ask him if he’s going to stay?
why don’t you ask him if he’s going away?
why don’t you tell me what’s going on?
why don’t you tell me who’s on the phone?
***
little 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
***
a sunny walk in etown ~ a day ago ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
When you know how to listen everybody is the guru.
love is but a song to sing
fear’s the way we die
you can make the mountains ring
or make the angels cry
though the bird is on the wing
and you may not know why
come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another
right now
***
a day ago chatted with the humans ~ Whyte avenue Etown ~ May 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
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
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
We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.
every moral has a story
every story has an end
every battle has its glory
and its consequence
***
walking around Strathcona, Etown ~ March 2020
