Happy are those who know:
Behind all words, the Unsayable stands;
And from that source alone, the Infinite
crosses over to gladness,
and us — free of our bridges,
Built with the stone of distinctions;
So that always, within each delight,
We gaze at what is purely single and joined.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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.
Mysteriously, wonderfully,
I bid farewell to what goes
I greet what comes;
for what comes cannot be denied
and what goes cannot be detained
Chuang Tzu
Mais où sont les neiges d’antan?
(But where are the snows of yesteryear?)
French saying
photo of last fridays Spring weather in Kildare
If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is within you
Kabir
A label is a mask life wears. We put labels on life all the time. ‘Right,’ ‘wrong,’ ‘success,’ ‘failure, ‘ lucky’, ‘unlucky’ may be as limiting a way of seeing things as ‘diabetic’, ‘epileptic’, ‘manic-depressive’ ….. Labeling sets up an expectation of life that is often so compelling we can no longer see things as they really are. This expectation often gives us a false sense of familiarity toward something that is really new and unprecedented. We are in relationship with our expectations and not with life itself.. Belief traps or frees us. Labels may become self-fulfilling prophecies.
Rachel Naomi Remen
photo rinina25
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
