According to Buddha
You must know the difference between
imagination,
theoretical knowledge and
true realization.
call me the sea
call me the stream
call me the sky
call me the leaves
hear my call
hello, lo, lo, lo
lo, lo, lo, lo
call me the fire
call me the air
call me the grass
the silence of the hare
***
North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton, AB ~ August 2017
According to Buddha
Build your inner environment. Practice Silence. I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: “Go back into your inner castle.” It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace.
blue is the colour of night
when the red sun
disappears from the sky
raven feathers shiny and black
a touch of blue glistening down her back
we don’t talk about heaven and we don’t talk about hell
we come to depend on one another so damn well
so go to confession whatever gets you through
you can count your blessings i’ll just count on blue
blue is the colour of night
***
Full Flower Moon – Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ May 2017
According to Buddha
When the fog of ignorance is removed by meditation you will see the right path.
time goes by
so slowly
time goes by
so slowly
***
foggy day Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ March 2017
According to Buddha
Peace is the enjoyment of life, activity is the expression of life. A balance between the activity of the west and the calmness of the east is needed.
heading for home you start to roam then you’re in town
everybody knows there’s nothing doing
everything is closed it’s like a ruin
everyone you see is half asleep
and you’re on your own you’re in the street
good morning, good morning
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ March 2017
According to Buddha
I am a spark from the Infinite.
I am not flesh and bones.
I am light.
sunday morning
praise the dawning
it’s just a restless feeling
by my side
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ December 2016
According to Buddha
Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
and when the morning comes
i will feel that i am brave again
and when you pass me by
i will smile and then i’ll walk away
***
Elk Island National Park, Yellowhead Highway ~ October 2016
According to Buddha
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
feeling my way through the darkness
guided by a beating heart
i can’t tell where the journey will end
but i know where to start
they tell me i’m too young to understand
they say i’m caught up in a dream
well life will pass me by if i don’t open up my eyes
well that’s fine by me
so wake me up when it’s all over
when i’m wiser and i’m older
all this time i was finding myself
and i didn’t know i was lost
***
Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta ~ August 2016
According to Buddha
The cosmic Aum sound is the combined vibration of the three phases of Nature: creation, preservation, and dissolution operative in the physical, astral, and causal universes. The vocal chanting of Aum should be intoned first in a high pitch, representing creation; then in a lower pitch, representing preservation; then in a still lower tone that gradually fades away, representing dissolution. The chanting should be first loudly, then softly, and then gently until it is inaudible, or mental only.
are we on the lonely side
say oh now the past long away
are we so lost in the dark of our hearts
that there’s no light of day
no oh oh oh
somebody left the gate open
you know we got lost on the way
come save us a runaway train
gone insane
how do we how do we not fade
how do we how do we how do we not fade away
how do we how do we oh
***
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ August 2016
According to Buddha
Awake. Arise from dreams of littleness to the realization of the vastness within you. Come. I will show you that you are a spark of the Eternal Fire that is drinking with countless mouths the Bliss-nectar honeycombed in the heart of all created things.
thousand faces staring at me
lonely shadows following me
lonely ghosts come a-calling
lonely voices talking to me
now give me that fire
now give me that fire
now give me that fire
burn, burn, burn
•••
Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, Alberta ~ July 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.
