Nothing has ever been said about God
that hasn’t already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
Thomas Merton
Sunday Quote: words
Tag: Nature
Sunday Quote: Circles
Summer Solstice
The person sees the morning as the beginning of a new day; takes germination as the start in the life of a plant, and withering as its end.
But this is nothing more than biased judgment on his part.
Nature is one.
There is no starting point or destination, only an unending flux, a continuous metamorphosis of all things.
Masanobu Fukuoka, 1913 – 2008, Japanese farmer and philosopher
enduring strength
Springtime. We trust the grass to rise again; Trust your own returning.
Let us not forget to be quietly powerful,
growing like a blade of grass.
Omid Safi
Float
We could try this in this new month
We spend so much energy trying to control the small things: This poem invites us to stop bracing and asks: what if you trusted that your own letting go is no different? Maybe the best approach is a lightness of touch.
Simply trust
Do not the cherry blossom petals gently float down
just like that?
Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828
Sunday Quote: Oneness
Close your eyes. Find green mountains and pure water within your heart. Silently drinking, feel these become part of you.
When you hold the green tea in the bowl in your hands
The self and the natural world cease to be separate.
Sen Genshitsu, 1923 – 2025, \Grand master of the Urasenke tea tradition
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the hearts of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe.
Black Elk Speaks , recorded early 20th Century
Sunday quote: Life is preparing to emerge
The first day of Spring in the Celtic calendar. The Celtic celebration of Imbolc: Trust in the timing of life.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing;
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
Matsuo Basho, 1644 – 1694
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