According to Buddha
You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.
o amarelo da carris
vai da alfama à mouraria
quem diria
vai da baixa ao bairro alto
trepa à graça em sobressalto
sem saber geografia
o amarelo da carris
já teve um avô outrora
que era o xora?
teve um pai americano
foi inglês por muito ano
só é português agora
***
Trams in Lisbon ~ April 2016
According to Buddha
Whatever has its origin in desire is a disturbing element, for desires are like stones pelted into the calm lake of consciousness. Attachment to pleasure or aversion to pain both destroy the equilibrium of the inner nature.
it’s a look
this game we play
we can’t escape we have to attend
it’s life you see
when i have tried to amuse myself
to celebrate the funfair
the pleasures i seek are far too discreet for me
***
Mies, Switzerland ~ random space along Lake Geneva ~ April 2016
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.
According to Buddha
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
there’s a big, a big hard sun
beating on the big people
in the big hard world
when i go to cross that river, she is comfort by my side
when i try to understand, she just opens up her hands
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ North Saskatchewan River ~ Nov & Dec 2015.
According to Buddha
First of all, you need to know that an emotion is only that—an emotion—even though it may be a big, strong one. You are so much bigger, so much more than this emotion.
whisky and coke in our mason jars
to the year’s sweeter than candy bars
we crumble like the leaves
***
Edmonton, Alberta, Fort Edmonton Park, September 2015.
According to Buddha
Just as fog is dispelled by the strength of the sun
and is dispelled no other way,
preconception is cleared by the strength of realization.
There’s no other way of clearing preconceptions.
Experience them as baseless dreams.
Experience them as ephemeral bubbles.
Experience them as insubstantial rainbows.
Experience them as indivisible space.
still your hands
and still your heart
for still your face comes shining through
and all the morning glows anew
still your mind
still your soul
***
North Saskatchewan River, Ogícize wakpá ~ Edmonton, Alberta, September 2015.
According to Buddha
Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.
if i had a boat
i’d go out on the ocean
and if i had a pony
i’d ride him on my boat
and we could all together
go out on the ocean
me upon my pony on my boat
***
US Coast Guard Cutter Taney and L’Hermione ~ Baltimore, Maryland ~ June 2015.
According to Buddha
Blind is the world
Few are those who clearly see.
As birds escape from a net
Few go to a blissful state.
i don’t want to be the one
waiting on the other side
waiting til my time has come
i’m gettin by just fine
living a life of regrets
and all the things i don’t got yet.
scared to give it a try, yeah i’m getting by
***
Baltimore, Maryland ~ random street ~ June 2015.
According to Buddha
The answer to the problem of suffering is not away from the problem but in it. The inevitability of pain will not be met by deadening sensitivity but by increasing it, by exploring and feeling out the manner in which the natural organism itself wants to react and which its innate wisdom has provided.
time no good
wisdom no good
patience no good
to me any more
now night has fallen on the stair
some things you do you can never repair
seems i’m always pretending
things aren’t there when they are…
***
outside Legal, Alberta. ~ random range road ~ May 2015.
According to Buddha
Surrender is not something that you can do. If you do it, it is not surrender, because the doer is there. Surrender is a great understanding that, “I am not.” Surrender is an insight that the ego exists not, that, “I am not separate.” Surrender is not an act but an understanding.
well, shake it up, baby, now
twist and shout
c’mon c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, baby, now
come on and work it on out
well, work it on out, honey
you know you look so good
you know you got me goin’, now
just like I knew you would…
***
NYC ~ random streets and The High Line~ February 2015.
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