According to Buddha
All beings have lived and died and been reborn countless times. Over and over again they have experienced the indescribable Clear Light. But because they are obscured by the darkness of ignorance, they wander endlessly in a limitless samsara.
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some days ago ~ Ranunculus ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2022
According to Buddha
In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
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a exhibition walk a month ago at the Contemporary Calgary ~ Perspectives From Within ~ Calgary, otôskwanihk (ᐅᑑᐢᑿᓂᕽ) ~ January 2022
According to Buddha
Everyone wants happiness,
but the true way to reach perfect happiness is to bring happiness to others.
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snow walk + flora in my mukluks ~ yesterday Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ December 2021
According to Buddha
Fixed ideas are like a wisp of cloud or smoke, but nonetheless people find themselves blocked or captured by these. You would laugh if you saw someone tripped by a cloud, or if someone claimed that they were imprisoned by the air. But, in fact, people are endlessly being trapped by things no more substantial than air or clouds. They make a wall with their mind, and then it imprisons them. Inherently, there is no wall or anything to trip over. These things are mirages they’ve created from the thoughts they gave rise to.
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a day ago ~ spider dreams in Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ October 2021
According to Buddha
Every existence in nature, every existence in the human world, every cultural work that we create, is something which was given, or is being given to us. . . . Moment after moment we are creating something, and this is the joy of our life
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a day or so ago outside at the The Muttart Conservatory ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ September 2021
According to Buddha
It is arrogant to think that our little earth is the only place inhabited by intelligent life. There are many such worlds as this some more highly evolved, and others in earlier stages of evolution. The orderly manner in which the universe is run shows that it is guided by some form of intelligence that permeates all created things.
well the road is wide,
and waters run on either side,
and my shadow went with fading light,
stretching out towards the night.
’cause the sun is low,
and i yet have still so far to go…
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2017
According to Buddha
The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.
mmmmm
will be no more
mmmmm
mmmmm
mmmmm
mmmmm
now that you’re gone, the dawn of
now that you’re gone
the sun will be no more
mmmm
the sun, will be, no more
mmmmm
will be, no more
***
North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ November 2017
According to Buddha
Instead of allowing ourselves to be led and trapped by our feelings, we should let them disappear as soon as they form, like letters drawn on water with a finger.
ooh woo, i’m a rebel just for kicks, now
i been feeling it since 1966, now
might’ve had your fill, but you feel it still
ooh woo, i’m a rebel just for kicks, now
let me kick it like it’s 1986, now
might be over now, but i feel it still
***
glass blocks ~ urban Regina, Saskatchewan ~ September 2017
According to Buddha
Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
i went to see the doctor. i’d come down with the blues.
she said no, i can’t cure you, but i know something you can do.
take out a piece of paper, and sit down for a while,
and draw a pretty picture of something that makes you smile.
well, i know what makes me happy. didn’t have to think for long
***
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ~ June 2017
According to Buddha
I am beyond everything finite; I now see that the Spirit, alone in a space with Its ever-new joy, has expressed Itself as the vast body of nature.
I am the stars,
I am the waves,
I am the Life of all,
I am the laughter within all hearts,
I am the smile on the faces of the flowers and in each soul.
I am the Wisdom and Power that sustain all creation.
i am a star, the tear of the sun
i am a wonder, a wonder in flower
i am the spear as it cries out for blood
the word of great power
i am the wind that breathes on the sea
who but i can cast light upon the meeting of the mountains?
who but i will cry aloud the changes in the moon?
who but i will find the place where hides away the sun?
***
Talus Dome + iPhone airplane clouds ~ Edmonton to Toronto ~ June 2017
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