Notes

the fog pulls back revealing the sunlit city we hoped would be there https://www.instagram.com/p/B4fihrHpkWF/?igshid=d8eef3ensxx5

one leaf hitches a ride in my hair :: new moon #haiku #micropoetry #micropoem https://t.co/yz4RzRcRa0

Death takes a holiday

John Cage’s diary looks the way I wish mine did (via From the Notebooks of John Cage)

Do not just look for what you want to see, that would be futile. Do not look for anything, but allow the insight to have a chance to come by itself. That insight will help liberate you – Nhat Hanh Bat Nha: a Koan – Plum Village

first light — the cat crawls into my lap

young crow the same black as the power line

Imagine what an understanding of the first noble truth could do to this world of increasing consumerism, where entire societies are premised on the belief that pain can be eliminated through ever greater accumulation of money, possessions and power. What would be the impact of a recognition that all

We see that by risking everything, by taking our suffering seriously, by looking at it and contemplating it, by entering our awareness into it and experiencing it fully, some fundamental, surprising, even shocking transformation can occur. What’s the Use of Suffering?

In explaining the power of meditation, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche makes the interesting observation that as long as we feel we can escape from the present situation, we won’t notice very much about it. Only when we feel that “this is it,” and that there is no escape will our perceptions, our feelings,

family argument :: four crows heading south in a brilliant sunset

My friend told me a story he hadn’t told anyone for years. When he used to tell it years ago people would laugh and say, ‘Who’d believe that? How can that be true? That’s daft.’ So he didn’t tell it again for ages. But for some reason, last night, he knew it would be just […]