According to Buddha
Time relentlessly works its havoc on physical beauty: everything in the material world is subject to change.
long may you run.
long may you run.
although these changes
have come
with your chrome heart shining
in the sun
long may you run.
***
Highway 5, Saskatchewan ~ August 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
According to Buddha
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
feel, feel it grow
in your mind, in your mind
life is how you live it
through time, through time
and the sun dies until it’s reborn
but there’s no road that ain’t a hard road to travel on
***
walk in the woods ~Terwillegar Park ~ October 2016
According to Buddha
Life has a bright side and a dark side, for the world of relativity is composed of light and shadows. If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil, you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
twenty-five years ago they spoke out and they broke out
of recession and oppression and together they toked
and they folked out with guitars around a bonfire
just singin’ and clappin’ man what the hell happened
then some were spellbound some were hellbound
some they fell down and some got back up and
fought back ‘gainst the melt down
and their kids were hippie chicks all hypocrites
because fashion is smashin’ the true meaning of it
you might as well be walkin’ on the sun
you might as well be walkin’ on the sun
***
Cascais, Portugal ~ April 2016
According to Buddha
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else.
once i was seven years old, my mama told me,
“go make yourself some friends or you’ll be lonely.”
once i was seven years old
it was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
***
Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Stillness is the altar of spirit.
if you love somebody
better tell them while they’re here ’cause
they just may run away from you
i’ve had the highest mountains
i’ve had the deepest rivers
you can have it all but life keeps moving
get up now, get up, get up now
***
North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton ~ March 2016.
According to Buddha
Any opportunity that comes to your life is your own creation; it does not come of itself, nor by chance ‘good luck’. Opportunity is either created now, or has been created at some time in the near or distant past, by your own rightly guided will. If you see no opportunity now, create one by your will, which is divine instrument within you. Say, ‘I will do everything for myself with my own will, which is a reflection in me of Divine Will.’ Act on this truth, and opportunity will come to you.
you’ve got the music in you
don’t let go
you’ve got the music in you
one dance left
this world is gonna pull through
don’t give up
you’ve got a reason to live
can’t forget
we only get what we give
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ North Saskatchewan River ~ December 2015.
According to Buddha
No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed.
our words go beyond the moon.
our words go into the shadows.
the river sings the endlessness.
we write of our journey through night.
we write in our aloneness.
we want to know the shape of eternity.
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2015.
According to Buddha
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
i see trees of pink,
red roses too.
i see them bloom,
for me and you.
and i think to myself,
what a wonderful world.
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2015.
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