According to Buddha
Profound and tranquil, free from complexity,
Uncompounded luminous clarity,
Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas;
This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones.
In this there is not a thing to be removed,
Nor anything that needs to be added.
It is merely the immaculate
Looking naturally at itself.
***
sunrise along the North Saskatchewan River ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2022
According to Buddha
Hear from the heart wordless mysteries.
***
a day or so ago ~ just after dark in the woods ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it’s gone.
***
a day ago morning walk ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
so easy, so easy, so easy
who are you?
da dee da da dee da doo
***
yesterday, just after dark…sunrise ~ Etown ~ July 2020
According to Buddha
Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we’re so deeply inner connected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is the supreme creative act.
my heart is spilling over
crashing on the ground
i can’t see what’s around me
but soon i’ll come round
my faith is in the balance
of a million tiny words
so i return to silence
***
time just after dark ~ a day or so ago ~ Etown ~ April 2020
According to Buddha
Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
hard light, take the wings of the winter
song bird, they were strong hands that held her
miles above ground
we can’t see you now
***
right after dark… Elk Island ~ December 2019
According to Buddha
Whoever has heart’s doors wide open, could see the sun itself in every atom.
good morning starshine
the earth says hello
you twinkle above us
we twinkle below
our early morning singing song
gliddy glub gloopy, nibby nabby noopy la, la, la, lo, lo
sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, le, le, lo, lo
tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba
early morning singing song
***
good morning ~ TPark ~ Etown ~ October 2019
According to Buddha
Love gives without expecting anything in return. I never think of anyone in terms of what he can do for me. And I never profess love to someone because he has done something for me. If I didn’t actually feel love, I wouldn’t pretend to give it; and since I feel it, I give it. Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another. Be certain of your feeling before you say to anyone, ‘I love you’. Once you give your love, it must be forever. Not because you want to be near that person, but because you want perfection for that soul. To wish for perfection for the loved one, and to feel pure joy in thinking of that soul, is divine love; and that is the love of true friendship.
don’t know much about geography,
don’t know much trigonometry
don’t know much about algebra,
don’t know what a slide rule is for
but i do know that one and one is two,
and if this one could be with you,
what a wonderful world this would be
***
just after the dark ~ Terwillegar Park Footbridge, Edmonton, AB ~ July 2018
According to Buddha
It is not our passing thoughts or brilliant ideas but our everyday habits that control our lives.
there’s a brand new world around us
lots of good news on the way
and for each and everyone of us
it’s a brand new day
there’s a brand new kinda meaning
to the words that people say
and for each and everyone of us
it’s a brand new day
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ January 2018
According to Buddha
When you come upon a path
that brings benefit
and happiness to all,
follow this course
as the moon
journeys through the stars.
well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance
with the stars up above in your eyes
a fantabulous night to make romance
‘neath the cover of october skies
and all the leaves on the trees are falling
to the sound of the breezes that blow
and i’m trying to please to the calling
of your heart-strings that play soft and low
and all the night’s magic seems to whisper and hush
and all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
***
Corn Moon ~ Edmonton Alberta, September 6, 2017
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