Be open.
Be kind.
Be loving.
Be free...
From suffering,
From "blinds",
From attachments...
Be at One,
With All around.
Be at peace -
With mind sans sound.
Breathe.
Be.
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
03 August 2017
24 July 2017
"Nothing Gained" (P.o.t.D. 7/24/15, no rev)
"Pick up the pebble, playing 'pon my palm."
Swish! Snatched at too slowly, securing zilch!
Even with nothing, you remain so calm -
A Zen master, not flustered by failed filch.
Swish! Snatched at too slowly, securing zilch!
Even with nothing, you remain so calm -
A Zen master, not flustered by failed filch.
15 July 2017
"Ode to Beginner's Mind" (P.o.t.D. 7/15/15, no rev)
Most days, my mind is like an empty vase,
Free from all sorts of bother and worry.
Without clutter, life is easy to face,
And I don't run amuck in a hurry.
Free from all sorts of bother and worry.
Without clutter, life is easy to face,
And I don't run amuck in a hurry.
10 July 2017
Thinking about my Higher Power(s)
I have my personal experience that I can relate to. I do not know what other life-forms experience, although people's attempts to communicate their lives can resonate with my own set of memories.
There are a lot of basic experiences that have been repeated over and over, throughout time, that have generated sets of both good and bad responses. Deciding what's good and bad tends to be built on emotional reactions. (I recall a book in the last 20 years that looked at studies of how lack of emotions impaired judgements)
One of the things I love about Buddhist meditation is that it challenges me to form first-hand insights behind my experiences. Similarly, AA's programs says, "Try these behaviors, see what happens, and use that to form your own experience with a God, as you understand him"
A lot of people wring their hands over what others tell them that God is, or, more often... over people telling them Godly behavior and then practicing the opposite.
I think religion does not create a good model of how the physical world works. However, it does do a good job of looking at social interactions, good and bad, through the ages... however, religion has given rise to philosophy, psychology, even history, and influenced other social sciences - and those fields are now coupling with science to give good insights into social behavior and also abnormalities and how they can "break social rules"
So, I claim to be agnostic. If there is a God, it's much more than my personal experience and understanding. Yet, to thrive in this world, it greatly helps to depend upon experiences beyond my own. I.e., I learn from my elders, sharing in their success and avoiding their mistakes...
There are a lot of basic experiences that have been repeated over and over, throughout time, that have generated sets of both good and bad responses. Deciding what's good and bad tends to be built on emotional reactions. (I recall a book in the last 20 years that looked at studies of how lack of emotions impaired judgements)
One of the things I love about Buddhist meditation is that it challenges me to form first-hand insights behind my experiences. Similarly, AA's programs says, "Try these behaviors, see what happens, and use that to form your own experience with a God, as you understand him"
A lot of people wring their hands over what others tell them that God is, or, more often... over people telling them Godly behavior and then practicing the opposite.
I think religion does not create a good model of how the physical world works. However, it does do a good job of looking at social interactions, good and bad, through the ages... however, religion has given rise to philosophy, psychology, even history, and influenced other social sciences - and those fields are now coupling with science to give good insights into social behavior and also abnormalities and how they can "break social rules"
So, I claim to be agnostic. If there is a God, it's much more than my personal experience and understanding. Yet, to thrive in this world, it greatly helps to depend upon experiences beyond my own. I.e., I learn from my elders, sharing in their success and avoiding their mistakes...
24 January 2017
"Sandy Tears" (P.o.t.D. 1/24/17)
Challenge: In 30 words or less, write a poem about one of my dreams...
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In plain sight,
Dreams hide,
Like clouds drifting.
Why forget dewdrops
Left on nights' webs
That vanish
In morning?
Beauty unfolds, gently -
Lotus or onion - layers many.
Aware or asleep,
Pebbles snatched from my grasp.
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In plain sight,
Dreams hide,
Like clouds drifting.
Why forget dewdrops
Left on nights' webs
That vanish
In morning?
Beauty unfolds, gently -
Lotus or onion - layers many.
Aware or asleep,
Pebbles snatched from my grasp.
03 August 2015
"To Be..." (P.o.t.D. 8/3/15)
Be open.
Be kind.
Be loving.
Be free...
From suffering,
From "blinds",
From attachments...
Be at One,
With All around.
Be at peace -
With mind sans sound.
Breathe.
Be.
Be kind.
Be loving.
Be free...
From suffering,
From "blinds",
From attachments...
Be at One,
With All around.
Be at peace -
With mind sans sound.
Breathe.
Be.
24 July 2015
"Nothing Gained" (P.o.t.D. 7/24/15)
"Pick up the pebble, playing 'pon my palm."
Swish! Snatched at too slowly, securing zilch!
Even with nothing, you remain so calm -
A Zen master, not flustered by failed filch.
Swish! Snatched at too slowly, securing zilch!
Even with nothing, you remain so calm -
A Zen master, not flustered by failed filch.
15 July 2015
"Ode to Beginner's Mind" (P.o.t.D. 7/15/15)
Most days, my mind is like an empty vase,
Free from all sorts of bother and worry.
Without clutter, life is easy to face,
And I don't run amuck in a hurry.
Free from all sorts of bother and worry.
Without clutter, life is easy to face,
And I don't run amuck in a hurry.
17 March 2014
"Noting Notes"
A time for noting is upon me:
1) Recognize the thought has come to my mind.
2) Detach from the thoughts, possibly thru returning to
A) my breathing, maybe my heartbeat
B) what sights, sounds, smells are around me
3) In detachment, note now those thoughts are out of my control
A) this is fear, hope, fantasy
B) this is past, future
C) this is trying to read another person's mind or motives
D) this is.
4) ...and let the thought pass, like a cloud in the sky
5) Realize this is cyclical, and more thoughts will bubble up
1) Recognize the thought has come to my mind.
2) Detach from the thoughts, possibly thru returning to
A) my breathing, maybe my heartbeat
B) what sights, sounds, smells are around me
3) In detachment, note now those thoughts are out of my control
A) this is fear, hope, fantasy
B) this is past, future
C) this is trying to read another person's mind or motives
D) this is.
4) ...and let the thought pass, like a cloud in the sky
5) Realize this is cyclical, and more thoughts will bubble up
20 February 2014
"Things are..."
"If you understand, things are just as they are...
If you do not understand, things are just as they are..."
~Zen Saying
If you do not understand, things are just as they are..."
~Zen Saying
15 May 2012
On inter-connectedness....
The boundary between the self and the One is an illusion.
I am embedded in a much larger whole, and I can not claim a unique experience that separates me from the Universe.
However, I can claim that my set of experiences differ from yours. This is a good thing, as it creates "original ideas" that I can share with you, and, vice versa.
I am embedded in a much larger whole, and I can not claim a unique experience that separates me from the Universe.
However, I can claim that my set of experiences differ from yours. This is a good thing, as it creates "original ideas" that I can share with you, and, vice versa.
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