or, in Ireland’s case these days, a lot of rain….
Today is a day like any other: twenty-four hours, a
little sunshine, a little rain.
Listen, says ambition, nervously shifting her weight from
one boot to another — why don’t you get going?
For there I am, in the mossy shadows, under the trees.
And to tell the truth I don’t want to let go of the wrists
of idleness, I don’t want to sell my life for money,
I don’t even want to come in out of the rain.
Mary Oliver, Black Oaks
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else
is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit
Tara Brach
The past is already past — Don’t try to regain it.
The present doesn’t stay — Don’t try to hold onto it over and over.
The future isn’t here yet — Don’t ponder it beforehand.
When we can see the three times as non-existent,
the mind is the same as awakened nature.
Layman P’ang, c740 – 808, Chinese Zen
Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another.
All things change, nothing perishes.
The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that . . . As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.
Pythagoras, Greek Philosopher, 570 – c. 495 BC
Courage is what love looks like
when tested by the simple everyday necessities
of being alive
David Whyte
It is imperative to cut off the mind road.
If you do not cut off the mind road, you will be a ghost, clinging to the grass.
Wu Men Hui-k’ai,, 1183–1260, Chinese Chán master
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