It has been very windy the past few days,  here in Ireland and across the water in England causing coastal surges and flooding.  The wind blowing through is another commonly used metaphor for thoughts –  how to let them pass without believing their content – and for the stillness of a mind that can hold all things in awareness:

One windy day two monks were arguing about a flapping banner. The first said, “I say the banner is moving, not the wind.” The second said, “I say the wind is moving, not the banner.” A third monk passed by and said, “The wind is not moving. The banner is not moving. Your minds are moving.”

Raymond Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near

photo henning leweke