If you want to be free, Get to know your real self. It has no form, no appearance, No root, no basis, no abode, But is lively and buoyant. It responds with versatile facility, But its function cannot be located. Therefore when you look for it, You become further from it; When you seek it, You turn away from it all the more.
May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy… Just as a mother loves and protects her only child at the risk of her own life, we should cultivate boundless love to offer to all living beings in the entire cosmos. Let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. Whether standing or walking, sitting or lying, as long as we are awake, we should maintain this mindfulness of love in our own heart. This is the noblest way of living.
On the mundane level, the clear comprehension of impermanence, suffering and non-self will bring us a saner outlook on life. It will free us from unrealistic expectations, bestow a courageous acceptance of suffering and failure and protect us against the lure of deluded assumptions and beliefs. In our quest for the supra-mundane comprehension of the three characteristics will be indispensable.
but i’m coming down the mountain again get the word to all my good-time friends the fishing was fine but fishing comes to an end i’m coming down the mountain again
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a week or so ago ~ along Eden Rd, Clearwater, BC ~ August 2021
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
there’s dawn on the mountain
twilight on the town
but i’m there in the spirit
times so pretty
that the teardrops healed the rust
i was turning over stones
looking for someone to trust
Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.
gonna climb that hill behind my house
see what this place is all about
’cause from above it all
you can’t help but say
it’s gonna be a beautiful day i’m making a beautiful day
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