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Wandering happily in the mud No destination in mind. After all, the darkness renders This fool blind and ignorant. Too childish to know even What I want today, Much less two weeks from now. So now I play. With words and breath. Nothing to accomplish in this Seashore life of sand and storm. A lifetime of building sand castles, A single storm levels the field. All victories fade to... Well, who knows really. Words fall to the... Read More
A Buddhist PrayerTo All My Friends By the power and the truth of this practice, may all beings have happiness, and the causes of happiness. May all be free from sorrow, and the causes of sorrow. May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless. And may all live in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much aversion, And live believing in the equality of all that lives. May all beings be filled with joy and peace. May all bei... Read More
What is Ordained Accepting the Divine Order, it is ordained that unfoldment occur in Grace, and illumination in the Presence of the Word. I AM the Word of Order Born from the Source of all ordering, The Point of Authority, Borne by the breath of the Supernal Speaking my nature. I Am co-creator with the All-begetter. I Am the matrix womb of all the worlds of matter, I Am the Form of the Word. And where there is form there is shadow.... Read More
My Friends, Normally when Poetry is written, it does not rewrite itself! Some time ago I posted a Poem entitled "Falling Flowers In the Sky". I then moved on to other things. Recently I read again Zen Master Dogen's concept of time and "Flowers" began bubbling again. This morning it fell into my lap. Some of the verses are the same, some have changed and additional verses have been added. Some of my years in California has entered it as well. ... Read More
There's a common misunderstanding of the concept of emptiness in buddhism - namely that "Buddhists believe that things don't (really) exist" or, "Buddhists believe that nothing exists". Emptiness really means 'empty of inherent existence'. In other words no phenomenon contains the reason for its existence within itself. All phenomena arise from ever-changing relationships with other phenomena, including the minds of the observers. The teachings on emptiness are concerned... Read More
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