According to Buddha
The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.
coeur mécanique où sont tes piles?
perdu dans un monde, tout étranger
quelle est la raison pour tous ces mensonges
on a plus le droit de se renfermer
***
MacEwan West Campus (Grant MacEwan Community College) ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
You walk down the street and you’re somebody; you dress like somebody; your face looks like somebody. Everybody is reinforcing their structure of the universe over and over again and you meet [each other] like two huge things meeting. We enter into these conspiracies. You say, I’ll make believe you are who you think you are if you make believe I am who I think I am.
this blue eye perceives all things conjoined…the past, the future, and the present. everything flows and all is connected. this eye is not merely seen reality—it is touching the truth
there is nothing to fear
yeah
listen to me
***
protest = humans trying to explain the inexplicable ~ Calgary AB ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
Listen to the moan of a dog for its master.
That whining is the connection
There are love dogs
no one knows the names of.
Give your life
to be one of them.
yeah, this is a story of a famous dog
for the dog that chases its tail will be dizzy
these are clapping dogs, rhythmic dogs
harmonic dogs, house dogs, street dogs
dog of the world unite
bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
bow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
bow-wow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
bow-wow-yippie-yo-yippie-yeah
***
boots & rye ~ cowtown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not ‘I love you’ for this or that reason, not ‘I love you if you love me.’ It’s love for no reason, love without an object.
sign, sign, everywhere a sign
blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind
do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?
***
dead end signs ~ central Alberta ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
so easy, so easy, so easy
who are you?
da dee da da dee da doo
***
yesterday, just after dark…sunrise ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
Together we are all on a journey called life. We are a little broken and a little shattered inside. Each one of us is aspiring to make it to the end. None is deprived of pain here and we have all suffered in our own ways. I think our journey is all about healing ourselves and healing each other in our own special ways. Let’s just help each other put all those pieces back together and make it to the end more beautifully. Let us help each other survive.
i can see clearly now the rain is gone
i can see all obstacles in my way
gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
it’s gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day
***
a street walk across the High Level Bridge ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
Not only the thirsty see water,
The water as well seeks the thirsty.
from the dawn to the setting sun,
looking at the shape of clouds,
making sure the world keeps spinning,
making sure that you’re alright.
***
breakfast at Helmcken Falls ~ Wells Gray Provincial Park ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
Be courageous and discipline yourself.
Work. Keep digging your well.
Don’t think about getting off from work.
Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door.
Keep knocking, and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see who’s there.
who can it be knocking at my door?
best off if you hang outside
don’t come in, i’ll only run and hide
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be…
***
starseed at the seaside ~ White Rock, B.C. ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That’s the entrance to oneness.
pictures in my mind
i’m seeing things i’ve never seen
***
rainy walk at Cleveland Dam, Capilano River in North Vancouver, BC
According to Buddha
Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
all of these lines
will all be erased soon
they go out with the tide
then come back with the waves
it’s only the ocean and you
***
west beach in White Rock, BC ~ June 2020
