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
Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself…
no i won’t be no runaway
but what makes you think i’m enjoying being led to the flood?
we got another thing coming undone
and its taking us over
we don’t bleed when we don’t fight
go ahead, go ahead
throw your arms in the air tonight…
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.
i never done good things
i never done bad things
i never did anything out of the blue,
want an axe to break the ice
wanna come down right now
my mama said, “to get things done you’d better not mess with major tom.”
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QE2 highway ~ random spaces ~ Alberta, Canada ~ January 2016.
It is as if we are continually chasing mirages, only to be disappointed when they do not give us the satisfaction we had hoped for.
listen close, as close as i am to you
like the bell of liberty, i’ll ring a sound that’s true
and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew
oh, i’ll tell you that i
i love you by and by
i don’t know if i’d survive without a friend like you in my life
Our present existence is the sum of all they did, and we are the starting point for our descendants. All that our ancestors did reflects on us, and all that we do reflect on both our ancestors and descendants. One’s life is not entirely one’s own; it contains the past and conceives the future, and should therefore be lived with great care.
long live the pioneers
rebels and mutineers
go forth and have no fear
come close and lend an ear
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