According to Buddha
Ultimately you live simultaneously in all of the planes of consciousness all the time, so that in a way, it’s like a vertical cut up – you look at somebody, they’re there; they’re not there.
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the little things ~ Western Development Museum ~ Moose Jaw, SK ~ a year or so ago.
According to Buddha
If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
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apples at The Multicultural Heritage Centre ~ Stony Plain AB ~ September 2020
According to Buddha
Ask yourself: Where am I? Answer: Here.
Ask yourself: What time is it? Answer: Now.
Say it until you can hear it.
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ESO at the AGA: a programme of women composeers ~ September 2020
Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté – Caprice No. 1 for solo violin
Sophia Dussek – Sonata for Harp Opus 3 No. 3
Augusta Read Thomas – “Rumi Settings”
Carmen Braden – “The Raven Conspiracy”
According to Buddha
This getting straight not only applies to people but to things as well, such as favorite music, disliked foods, special treats, avoided places, all your toys, etc. Everything must be rerun through your compassion machine.
the light begin to bleed begin to breathe begin to speak
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a day or so ago ~ University of Alberta south campus ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
The next message you need is always right where you are.
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abandoned farm ~ Athabasca County, August 2020
According to Buddha
But you know, you really don’t have to worry about whether everybody else is doing it or not. You just begin to get your own house in order. Recognizing your complete interrelatedness with all of it and with your own spiritual source changes the meaning of each act, and therefore both the reason and the way it’s done.
someday we’ll find it
the rainbow connection…
the lovers, the dreamers and me
la lala la lala la la la lala la la la
*** summer storm ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
I don’t really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.
jump in, let’s go
lay back, enjoy the show
everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
these are the days when anything goes
everyday is a winding road
i get a little bit closer
everyday is a faded sign
i get a little bit closer to feeling fine
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on the way to the vegetable farm Carbondale, Alberta ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
so if they call you
embrace them
if they hold you
erase them
’cause it might’ve been something, who’s to say?
does it help to get lost in yesterday?
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yesterday just after dark ~ Etown ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
they know from the past
life simply doesn’t last
so they live for today
for tomorrow they may
not be able to walk in the skies
sun slips into horizon
moon reaches for the stars
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clouds. ethereal forms. etown ~ August 2020
