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 game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
man overboard man overboard
stop this world from turning
***
otter Edmonton Zoo ~ February 2020
According to Buddha
Real happiness can stand the challenge of all outer experiences. When you can bear the crucifixions of others’ wrongs against you and still return love and forgiveness; and when you can keep that divine inner peace intact despite all painful thrusts of outer circumstance, then you shall know this happiness.
i grew up here all of my life
but i dreamed someday i’d go
where the blue eyed girls and red guitars
and the naked rivers flow
i’m not all i thought i’d be
i’ve always stayed around
and i’ve been as far as mercy and grand
frozen to the ground
***
barn outside of etown ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ March ~ 2018
According to Buddha
Refrain from intoxicants (sura and meraya) that lead to heedlessness.
Fermented from…
flour (ale),
sweets (toddy),
rice (saki),
yeast (beer),
a combination of ingredients (Jagermeister or Leberkleister, “liver glue”).
i gotta kick these blues
working all day
trying to make pay
wishing these clouds away
i want to feel the sunshine
hit the sand
take a walk in the waves
with nothing else to do
but sipping on suds
working on a buzz
keeping my drink in the shade
taking my time
***
a delicious beer and tour @ Steam Whistle ~ Toronto ~ June 2017
According to Buddha
Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
a school bell rings off the day
brings in a stray few girls at play
cut school, pink slips are fine
for a good time boys on their mind
a bad girl smoking in school
breaking the rules, acting real cool
talkin’ ’bout all the rock boys
backseat joys with some boy’s toy
***
Edmonton, Alberta, McKay Avenue School ~ December 2015.
According to Buddha
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
got my hands on the wheel
got my foot on the pedal
gonna drive ’til i drop
’til the tires turn to metal
gonna sleep when i’m dead
gonna laugh like the devil
gonna find some place where no one knows me
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ Auto Rescue ~ November 2015.
According to Buddha
Your end, which is endless, is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air.
will you remember the flowers in my hand?
will you remember my hair?
will you remember the future we planned?
the world is not waiting out there.
will you remember?
will you recall?
will you remember?
***
Edmonton, Whyte Ave. and Calgary, Memorial Drive, Field of Crosses ~ November 2015.
According to Buddha
It is as if we are continually chasing mirages, only to be disappointed when they do not give us the satisfaction we had hoped for.
listen close, as close as i am to you
like the bell of liberty, i’ll ring a sound that’s true
and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew
oh, i’ll tell you that i
i love you by and by
i don’t know if i’d survive
without a friend like you in my life
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ November 2015.
According to Buddha
Maturity can’t be hurried or produced on schedule. Growth takes time. We have to steep ourselves for a while, like a good cup of tea. We need to go through what’s necessary for us to endure. We need time and commitment. Probably we also need some luck.
there are things that sing
and things that bite
i’ll walk and walk til i’ve fallen
the water will drown out the din
but my ears i know
they will still ring
***
random flowers and random painted things ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ October 2015.
According to Buddha
Our present existence is the sum of all they did, and we are the starting point for our descendants. All that our ancestors did reflects on us, and all that we do reflect on both our ancestors and descendants. One’s life is not entirely one’s own; it contains the past and conceives the future, and should therefore be lived with great care.
long live the pioneers
rebels and mutineers
go forth and have no fear
come close and lend an ear
***
Edmonton Alberta, Fort Edmonton Park, Terwillegar Park, September 2015
