According to Buddha
On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.
Today is such a day.
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downtown + woods ~ a day or so ago ~ Edmonton ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2021
According to Buddha
I believe the purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
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Villages of Warburg and Thorsby – a day or so ago ~ Leduc County ~ January 2021
According to Buddha
To stay with that shakiness—to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feelings of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge—that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path. Getting the knack of catching ourselves, of gently and compassionately catching ourselves is the path of the warrior. We catch ourselves one zillion times as once again, whether we like it or not, we harden into resentment, into a sense of relief, a sense of inspiration.
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street a day ago ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ December 2020
According to Buddha
Spend less, and have more, by doing away with luxurious habits. From your earnings put aside as much as possible, so that you can live partially on the interest from your savings, without having to dip into the capital.
my bonnie lies over the ocean,
my bonnie lies over the sea.
well my bonnie lies over the ocean.
yeah bring back my bonnie to me.
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random streets in St. Pauli and Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.
tiny curtain’s open, and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
a tiny man would tell a little joke, and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
sitting, drifting around in bubbles, and thinking it was us that carried them
when we finally got it figured out, that we had truly missed the boat
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According to Buddha
Moods are often a result of environmental influences. Each one of us is affected in different ways by the world about us. But you should not allow yourself to indulge in moods over external conditions. Why should you take on the effects of your environment?
sunbeam, stop tugging me
pull that door shut quietly
darling, what are you doing?
we don’t have time for this
mmm dey mmm da mmm daaeeoo
mmm dey mmm da mmm daaeeoo
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Porto, Portugal ~ April 2018
According to Buddha
Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I want you to keep your eyes of reason open; in addition, I will open in you another eye, the eye of wisdom.
maybe i was missing something initially
and maybe eventually it will all make sense
snakes against angels and stairways to heaven
i’m shaking all over and i can’t control it
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etown river edge ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ February ~ 2018
According to Buddha
Familiarity with Nature has bred contempt for her ultimate secrets; our relation with her is one of practical business. We tease her, so to speak, to discover the ways in which she may be forced to serve our purposes; we make use of her energies, whose Source yet remains unknown.
all around me are familiar faces
worn out places, worn out faces
bright and early for their daily races
going nowhere, going nowhere
look right through me, look right through me
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downtown ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ February ~ 2018
According to Buddha
The astral world is the subtle sphere or heaven behind the gross physical world.
another time
in the age of wonder
another world
another time
this land was green and good
until the crystal cracked!
once more, they will replenish themselves
change and then wait
the power of their source…
the crystal…
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south etown ~ Edmonton, Alberta ~ running errands ~ January 2018
According to Buddha
When your consciousness withdraws still more deeply, into superconsciousness, then you are centered in bliss, in the spine. In that bliss-state you are aware in the causal body, the soul.
the lights and the music
the smell and the taste
the devil is downtown
it’s a hell of a place
and if you’re searching
if your looking for a change
go where you can see the stars
and they don’t seem so far away
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