According to Buddha
I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn’t create more suffering.
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walking a day or so ago in White Rock, BC ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, But don’t move the way fear makes you move.
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a day ago at the seaside ~ Crescent Beach, BC ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
I smile like a flower not only with my lips but with my whole being.
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ongoing study of poppies ~ garden of the north ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
Cosmic humour, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.
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he said 1940…I said 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six 4-Door Sedan ~ a day ago ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
Let go so you can attract new worlds.
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like a river, a day or so ago ~ North Saskatchewan ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
The end is another beginning.
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blue stairs a few weeks or months ago ~ Granville Island Public Market ~ Vancouver BC~ May 2021
According to Buddha
Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript of a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.
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a day or so ago at John Walter’s 1875 house ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
Hear from the heart wordless mysteries.
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a day or so ago ~ just after dark in the woods ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
You knock at the door of reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open.
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outside a day ago ~ tiny blooms ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra; By alchemy you may learn your livelihood; You may wander through the universe incognito; Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful; You may walk in water and live in fire; But control of the mind is better and more difficult.
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a chat the other day with Picketers at Cessco Fabrication and Engineering Ltd. ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
