According to Buddha
I don’t really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.
jump in, let’s go
lay back, enjoy the show
everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
these are the days when anything goes
everyday is a winding road
i get a little bit closer
everyday is a faded sign
i get a little bit closer to feeling fine
***
on the way to the vegetable farm Carbondale, Alberta ~ August 2020
According to Buddha
Be courageous and discipline yourself.
Work. Keep digging your well.
Don’t think about getting off from work.
Submit to a daily practice.
Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door.
Keep knocking, and the joy inside
will eventually open a window
and look out to see who’s there.
who can it be knocking at my door?
best off if you hang outside
don’t come in, i’ll only run and hide
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be now?
who can it be…
***
starseed at the seaside ~ White Rock, B.C. ~ June 2020
According to Buddha
The four treasures in life are sleeping soundly, eating happily, laughing joyfully and working healthily.
sun’s up, uuh huh, looks okay
the world survives into another day
and i’m thinking about eternity
some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
i had another dream about lions at the door
they weren’t half as frightening as they were before
***
humans + dogs at East Beach, White Rock, BC ~ July 2019
***
According to Buddha
Dualism is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem, are like nets which trap us in dualism. When we discover our limits we have to try to overcome them, untying ourselves from whatever type of religious, political or social conviction may condition us. We have to abandon such concepts as ‘enlightenment’, ‘the nature of the mind’, and so on, until we are no longer satisfied by a merely intellectual knowledge, and until we no longer neglect to integrate our knowledge with our actual existence.
by the sacred grove, where the waters flow
we will come and go, in the forest
in the summer rain, we will meet again
we will learn the code of the ancient ones
in the forest
***
a walk in the woods ~ White Rock BC. ~ July 2019
According to Buddha
Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
i tell myself sometimes
that it happens as it should
comforting words to hide behind
***
YEG downtown ~ Strathcona Science Provincial Park ~ July 2019
According to Buddha
Gratitude is a way of returning energy for energy received. One who accepts a kindness without returning gratitude, as though the kindness were her by right, demeans both the giver and herself.
september girls
do so much
and for so long
’til we touched
***
yesterday in the woods ~ Edmonton Alberta ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
The consciousness flowing with the life force through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch makes human conscious of matter. But by meditation when consciousness and life force are withdrawn from the five senses, the astral nature of the life force, along with the consciousness and other aroused divine forces in the spinal centers, look like rivers of light flowing upward toward the ocean of light of spirit in the brain.
be on my side, i’ll be on your side, baby
there is no reason for you to hide
it’s so hard for me, staying here all alone
when you could be taking me for a ride
down by the river
i shot my baby
down by the river
***
River edge ~ North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ June 2018
According to Buddha
Love is born in the garden of soul progress, and it sleeps behind the darkness of outer attachments. Love is the oldest and the sweetest nectar, preserved in the bottle of hearts. It is the elixir flowing from the bosom of friendship, reviving bruised and broken spirits.
je rêve de silence
et de la paix dans tout mon être
je rêve toujours
le reste du repos
pas plus de la souris
dans son carrousel
***
Edmonton, Alberta ~ flora and river ~ August 2017
According to Buddha
Time relentlessly works its havoc on physical beauty: everything in the material world is subject to change.
long may you run.
long may you run.
although these changes
have come
with your chrome heart shining
in the sun
long may you run.
***
Highway 5, Saskatchewan ~ August 2017
According to Buddha
Live each present moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each instant. Practice the presence of peace. The more you do that, the more you will feel the presence of that power in your life.
every sphere has two sides
one you see
one that hides
you are sleep walking across the hills
and i’m day dreaming in the fields
you are the only one that i ever ever miss…
ever ever miss
***
Clover, Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ June 2017
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