According to Buddha
I’m just a small crack in the wall; the wall of patriarchy; on the wall of the hierarchy; on the wall of injustice. Soon there will be more cracks and someday the wall will fall.
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past + present self study #1 ~ a day or so ago ~ Etown – Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ January 2021
According to Buddha
The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
make a connection and be more than just nice
how’s your day going?
how’s your day so far?
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a walk around, Berlin ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
When women come into their full power, a balance will occur which has not been seen for so long that no one remembers it.
cowgirls don’t cry, ride, baby, ride
lessons in life are gonna show you in time
soon enough you gonna know why
it’s gonna hurt every now and then
if you fall get back on again
cowgirls don’t cry
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36th Annual Smoky Lake Stampede, Town of Smoky Lake, AB ~ August 2017
According to Buddha
You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.
looking for someone, i guess i’m doing that,
trying to find a mem’ry in a dark room.
dirty man, you’re looking like a buddha,
i know you well – yeah.
random streets ~ Lisbon Portugal ~ 2016
According to Buddha
I enjoy everything, but I have no desire for anything, so there is never any pain or disappointment from unfulfillment. Whatever I do, wherever I go, I enjoy myself.
i been looking at the stars tonight
and i think oh, how i miss that bright sun
i’ll be a dreamer ’til the day i die
but they say oh, how the good die young
but we’re all strange
and maybe we don’t wanna change
and i don’t want a never ending life
i just want to be alive while i’m here
and i don’t want to see another night
lost inside a lonely life while i’m here
i got guns in my head and they won’t go
spirits in my head and they won’t go
but the gun still rattles
the gun still rattles, oh
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near Rossio Square in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
The only reliable disciplinarian and guide for the ego-self is the true Self, or omniscient soul. “Wisdom never lies.”
and you’ll find out every trick in the book
and that’s there’s only one way to get things done
you’ll find out the only way to the top
is looking out for number one
i mean you keep looking out for number one
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else.
once i was seven years old, my mama told me,
“go make yourself some friends or you’ll be lonely.”
once i was seven years old
it was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
***
Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
You must know the difference between imagination, theoretical knowledge and true realization. Could you nourish yourself by only listening to a talk on food? To know food only theoretically is to always remain hungry. You must eat to satisfy hunger. So he who seeks new doctrines continuously but does not put them into practice in his life is in continual spiritual starvation.
call it obsession
call it fanatical
but i am not trying
to make this a spectacle
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Edmonton and Calgary ~ random coffee houses ~ November 2015.
According to Buddha
Your end, which is endless, is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air.
will you remember the flowers in my hand?
will you remember my hair?
will you remember the future we planned?
the world is not waiting out there.
will you remember?
will you recall?
will you remember?
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Edmonton, Whyte Ave. and Calgary, Memorial Drive, Field of Crosses ~ November 2015.
According to Buddha
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearance.
pretty woman, stop awhile
pretty woman, talk awhile
pretty woman, give your smile to me
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random streets in Kyōto, Japan ~ July 2014.
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