I practice meditation
so that I can notice the small purple flowers by the roadside
that I would otherwise miss
Anagarika Shri Munindra, 1915 – 2003, Vipassana teacher
photo matt lavin
Tag: Be fully present
Sunday Quote: Open our eyes
Happiness is available.
Please help yourself.
Thich Nhat Hahn
photograph of glendalough Co Wicklow
Not a dress rehearsal
Treat every moment as your last
It is not a preparation for something else
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
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Why look elsewhere
There is no need to run outside
For better seeing,
For better seeing,
Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide
At the center of your being;
At the center of your being;
For the more you leave it, the less you learn.
Search your heart and see
If he is wise who takes each turn:
The way to do is to be.
If he is wise who takes each turn:
The way to do is to be.
Lao Tzu
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The wisest way
If you must look back, do so forgivingly
If you must look forward, do so prayerfully
However, the wisest thing you can do
is to be present in the present….
gratefully.
Maya Angelou
photo don toofee
Easter Sunday: Presence
The ordinary miracles begin. Somewhere
a signal arrives: “Now,” and the rays
come down. A tomorrow has come. Open
your hands, lift them: morning rings
all the doorbells; porches are cells for prayer.
Religion has touched your throat. Not the same now,
you could close your eyes and go on full of light.
William Stafford, Today
