According to Buddha
Get away from this world; not by flying away to a cave in the Himalayas, but to the cave of your mind, where you are free of the body and of the world.
i wasted the morning and and most of the afternoon…
well i tired to get some work done but ended way too soon…
watched the sun go down in the sky…
close to the afternoon it’s a different story…
***
view from plane Alberta and Saskatchewan ~ October 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
In one of my former lives I was a cloud. The cloud had a nice time in the sky, travelling around and looking down. A cloud is sometimes transformed into rain, and when the rain comes, the cloud isn’t scared to death. The cloud knows that the rain is something very exciting too. So, instead of crying, the cloud begins to sing and becomes the rain falling on fields and into the rivers.
but hold me fast, hold me fast
’cause i’m a hopeless wanderer
and hold me fast, hold me fast
’cause i’m a hopeless wanderer
i will learn, i will learn to love the skies i’m under
***
random Canadian air iPhoneography shots ~ by Hedy Bach ~ 2015.
According to Buddha
No light is comparable to the light of wisdom. The light of wisdom awaits all those who learn and put into practice the teachings of taming the mind. It shines everywhere without discrimination, like the light of the Buddha’s Dhamma which never discriminates against anyone.
old man lyin’ by the side of the road
where the lorries rollin’ by
blue moon sinkin’ from the weight of the load
and the buildings scrape the sky
red lights flashin’ through the window in the rain
can you hear the sirens moan
cold wind rippin’ on the valley at dawn
and the morning paper flies
don’t let it bring you down
it’s only castle’s burning
find someone who’s turning
and you will come around
you will come around
*** NYC ~ E 42nd Street ~ room with a view + Audrey Hepburn ~ February 2015.
According to Buddha
Embrace nothing:
If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.
If you meet your father, kill your father.
Only live your life as it is,
Not bound to anything.
walking in the sunshine town feeling very cool
but the butchers and the bakers in the supermarket stores
getting everything she wants from the supermarket stores
apples and oranges
apples and oranges
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ kitchen life ~ 2015.
According to Buddha
Sometimes, the thought of “I” suddenly arises with great force…The situation is like that of a rock or a tree seen protruding up from the peak of a hill on the horizon: From afar it may be mistaken for a human being.
***
Central Alberta ~ January 2015.
According to Buddha
The nature of everything is open, empty and naked like the sky.
i wanna make this play
oh, i know you’re faded
hmm, but stay, don’t close your hands
i wanna make this play
oh, i know you’re faded
hmm, but stay, don’t close your hands
stay open
stay open
stay open
***
Central Alberta, 2015.
According to Buddha
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.
there’s rain in Tokyo
somewhere we lost that song.
some things get lost and soaked.
and some things might just get old.
but we’re climbing back up to the mountain top…
***
Alberta Rocky Mountains ~ July 2014.
according to Buddha
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
good day sunshine,
good day sunshine,
good day sunshine.
and then we lie, beneath a shady tree,
i love her and she’s loving me.
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ 2014
according to Buddha
Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack.
***
Edmonton, 2014 ~ domestic cat
