Body, like a mountain,
Heart, like the sea
Mind, like the sky.
Dogen
photo of portmarnock strand by bonners2
Category: Make the most of life
Always there
Out here it’s impossible to be lonely.
The land walking beside you is your oldest friend,
pleasantly silent, like already you’ve told the best stories
and each of you knows how much the other made up.
Naomi Shihab Nye, At the Seven Mile Ranch, Comstock, Texas
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.
Sunday Quote: The heart that knows poetry
Spring has returned
The earth is like a chld that knows poems.
Rainer Maria Rilke
photo attribution: Jess Mann
Change
All things change when we do
The first word “Ah”
blossoms into others
All of them true.
Kukai, 774–835, Japanese monk, civil servant, scholar, poet.
Sunday Quote: In the heart
If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is within you
Kabir
Seeds
I have posted this before but, like most of our practice, it is something we need to remember, or be mindful of. At times we fall into the trap of complaining, causing suffering for ourselves or others:
We often ask, ‘what’s wrong?’ Doing so, we invite painful seeds of sorrow to come up and manifest. We feel suffering, anger, and depression, and produce more such seeds. We would be much happier if we tried to stay in touch with the healthy, joyful seeds inside of us and around us. We should learn to ask, ‘what’s not wrong?’ and be in touch with that.
Thich Nhat Hahn
photo steven depolo
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