According to Buddha
Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.
i was stuck in the ground
trying to cover my eyes
trying to move all this light
i spent all night
trying to remember your face
like trying to get blood from a stone
but there was nothing to save
and no one to lie to
***
downtown ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2016
According to Buddha
This life is strange. Everything is subject to change. That is why one should not anchor one’s happiness on this life. Our time will pass on; what you are seeing now will be gone one day. Change is good if you don’t let it hurt you. When it does hurt, the rebellion you feel is meant to show you that you should not have any desires.
the world is closing in
did you ever think
that we could be so close, like brothers
the future’s in the air
i can feel it everywhere
blowing with the wind of change
***
airplane iPhoneography ~ Calgary to Regina ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.
sleep on tight, ’til the sunlight burns you happy
’til the sunlight burns you happy, ’til the sunlight burns a happy hole in
your heart,
in your heart
in your heart
***
Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton ~ December 2016
According to Buddha
spotless is my mental sky,
below, ahead, and high above.
eternity and i, one united ray.
i, a tiny bubble of laughter,
have become the sea of mirth itself.
i got a cabin in the country
and the tin roof rattles
when the rain comes down
where the wind through the pine
helps me unwind
while the world goes ’round
i’m gonna live, laugh, love, just for today
gonna take all the trouble and put it away
gonna drink every drop of happiness
’til they cover me up
i’m gonna live, gonna laugh, gonna love
***
Saskatchewan Highway 40 ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
so maybe i’ll see you there
we can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
so go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
downtown, don’t wait a minute for
downtown, everything’s waiting for you
downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown
downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight.
i can’t make the hills
the system is shot
i’m living on pills
for which i thank g-d
i followed the course
from chaos to art
desire the horse
depression the cart
i sailed like a swan
i sank like a rock
but time is long gone
past my laughing stock
my page was too white
my ink was too thin
the day wouldn’t write
what the night pencilled in
***
Terwillegar Park ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
True friendship consists in being mutually useful in offering one’s friend good cheer in distress, sympathy in sorrow, advice in trouble, and material help in times of real need. Friendship consists in rejoicing in the good fortune of one’s friends and in sympathizing with them in adversity. One who has given his friendship to another gladly foregoes selfish pleasures or self-interest for the sake of his friend’s happiness, without consciousness of loss or sacrifice, and without counting the cost.
muskrat susie, muskrat sam
do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
and they shimmy
and sammy’s so skinny
and they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
singin’ and jingin’ the jango
floatin’ like the heavens above
it looks like muskrat love
***
muskrats in Last Mountain Lake, Town of Regina Beach, Southern Saskatchewan ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
Thoughts and sensations are like searchlights: they throw their rays in front on material objects; they do not reveal the soul behind them. Intuition is like a spherical light, with rays on all sides, revealing the soul and also its outward projections of thoughts and sensations connected with the ego. Intuition is the bridge between the soul and the ego’s thoughts and sensations.
yeah, these habits are so hard to break
and they’re so easy to make
well these habits are so hard to break
and they’re so easy to make
***
Waseca, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada ~ November 2016
According to Buddha
Water condensed becomes ice, and so invisible Spirit can be frozen into form by my devotion’s frost. If only you could see the beautiful eyes of the Mother that I beheld last night. My heart is filled with joy eternal. The little cup of my heart cannot hold the joy and the love that I beheld in those eyes — looking at me, sometimes smiling.
ramblin’ rose, ramblin’ rose
why you ramble, no one knows
wild and wind-blown, that’s how you’ve grown
who can cling to a ramblin’ rose?
***
Alberta Roses ~ June 2016
According to Buddha
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. You must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air.
fly if you wanna fly
go hide if you wanna hide
but don’t let them hold you down
don’t fade into the crowd
cause they don’t make the rules
and the world is bright and blue
and it’s waiting for you
nobody rules you
***
landscapes and airplane shots with iPhone ~ October 2016
