According to Buddha
I am a spark from the Infinite.
I am not flesh and bones.
I am light.
sunday morning
praise the dawning
it’s just a restless feeling
by my side
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2016
According to Buddha
I am a spark from the Infinite.
I am not flesh and bones.
I am light.
sunday morning
praise the dawning
it’s just a restless feeling
by my side
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2016
According to Buddha
To be ecstatic is not difficult. It is thinking that it is difficult that holds you apart from it. Never think of divine joy as distant from you, and it will be with you always.
have you ever had a fever,
from a bitter-sweet refrain,
have you ever kissed the sunshine,
walked between the rain.
well, just climb up on my music,
and my songs will set you free,
well, just climb up on my music,
and from there jump off with me.
***
Brooks Aqueduct, Alberta ~ August 2016
According to Buddha
Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
one of these days,
i’m gonna sit down and write a long letter
to all the good friends i’ve known
one of these days, one of these days, one of these days,
and it won’t be long, it won’t be long.
***
Fort Edmonton, Alberta ~ July 2016
According to Buddha
If you eat your dinner and then run, you won’t be able to enjoy what you’ve eaten; you may only get indigestion. But if you rest afterwards, you will find that this is the best time to enjoy the effects of your meal.
long time
i’ve been waiting a long time
long enough
you got the song
you got the dance
you got the inspiration
you got it all palm of your hand
i got the rolling wheel
the sun is gonna shine again
the sun is gonna shine again
***
According to Buddha
During the effort of being one-pointed, the yogi will be unsuccessful unless he can by concentration withdraw his attention from the activities of the life force in the various senses. Otherwise, he will be constantly distracted by restless thoughts—the mental concepts formed from sensory stimuli by the “fanciful faculty” of feeling.
don’t forget, don’t forget
mmhmm
that i believe in you
should you forget, should you forget
let me remind you
that i am behind you
***
random streets of Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Stillness is the altar of Spirit. There is no limit of the deepening of stillness.
we are not alone
and we are more alone
so hurry up and lose me
hurry up and find me
again
so i’ll pass
the lumber mills
i’ll pass the coal mines
and the parks
and the dried up oil fields
i’ll pass a thousand lonely pines
that bend their backs against the sun
***
Saskatchewan Highway 16, 7 km off the highway ~ May 2016.
According to Buddha
Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For perception, consciousness, lies not in vague ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
follow, follow the sun
and which way the wind blows
when this day is done.
breathe, breathe in the air.
set your intentions.
dream with care.
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ tulips ~ February 2016.
According to Buddha
The heart-quieted yogi in superconsciousness becomes able to see visions and great lights; to hear astral sounds; and to become identified with a vast dimly lighted space—alive with glimpses of beauties hitherto unknown.
beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
the unborn grass lies waiting
for its coat to turn to green
the snowbird sings the song he always sings
and speaks to me of flowers
that will bloom again in spring
***
North Saskatchewan River, random spaces along the way ~ February 2016.
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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