i sit
so that
i may stand
i breathe in
with love
allowing
all that i feel
all that is around me
into my heart
i breathe out
with love
allowing all that i hold
all that i carry
to sink
into the earth
in her generosity
i am emptied
in her generosity
i am free
to rise up
to love
i touch the earth
she bears witness
to love
to life
to all.
~j
#meditation #OpenHeart #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #SitDownRiseUp #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #JinpaLhaga #JMWpoetry #JMWphotography #BWphotography #photography
“We are life, and life is far vaster than this body, this concept, this mind.”
~
Thich Nhat Hanh
we human beings are great at labeling things and in some sense it is beneficial to do so, to have a common way of communicating about a situation, a feeling, a person, an object. naming things can also imbue them with a sense of power, with life.
however, an unfortunate problem arises out of this. once we name something, or label a situation or a person, all of a sudden we think we know all there is to know about it. story done, the end. signed, sealed, delivered – it’s ours! in some sense, we do take ownership or possession of things, situations, and people once we name or label them and we think – yes, this is the truth!
but it isn’t, at least not completely. in thinking we know all there is about something, a situation, an object, or a person we are no longer allowing things, situations, objects, and people to be fully what they are or ourselves the opportunity to learn and grow.
it is important to keep a sense of mystery, of humility, of open-heartedness toward all of life.
~j
#Tao #Life #TheForce #Zen #EngagedBuddhist #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #Enso #JMWart #JinpaLhaga
darkness and the light
all things dancing in between
nature’s harmony
~j
#PlantingSeeds #TheLongArc
#Tao #TheWay #YinYang #balance #harmony #haiku #enso #Zen #EngagedBuddhist #JMWart #JinpaLhaga
i missed posting for #NationalComingOutDay on Friday.
for so many of us, coming out is a daily occurrence. not in large ways perhaps anymore, but in subtle ways, the minutia of conversation, words and actions can carry such weight.
the journey can be short or long, but it is a journey into the heart of life and love. the road can feel so long, to realizing the innocence in one’s life, our embodiment of love, and our worthiness to be loved, and the offering and gift it is to give our love and live our love in this world.
to live one’s life authentically and openly, offering our life to the world, is a gift to the world, helping the world to expand its capacity to hold and celebrate love.
please know that you are an embodiment of love. please know that you are worthy of being loved. please know that the love you have in your heart is a love that is meant to be lived and offered to this world. this world needs your love.
~j
#ComingOut #Love #life #LGBTQIA #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart #JinpaLhaga
No external condition can prevent love; no one and no thing can stop it. The awakening of love is not bound up in things being a certain way.
~ Sharon Salzberg
#UpToYou #ChooseLove #Love #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #SitDownRiseUp #OpenHeart #Zen #Buddhism #PhotoArt #photography #JMWart #JinpaLhaga
“Everything terrible is something that needs our love.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
there’s a lot of “terrible” right now, but there’s also a lot of beauty, a lot of love. just respond to all of it with love, giving love. add to the love and the beauty. giving love could simply be offering a stranger a smile, listening to a friend, fostering an animal, writing letters or calling Congress, marching and striking. whatever the case, do so with love, and as an offering of love to a world in need.
~j
#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #love #RainerMariaRilke #Rilke #RilkeQuotes #EngagedBuddhist #JMWart #JinpaLhaga #photography #PhotoArt
happy Autumnal Equinox to those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, my friends!!
my favorite season Fall has arrived! may this time of transition bring reflective and fresh awareness to the sacredness of each passing moment!
~j
😊❤️🙏🏻🍁🍂🎃
#AutumnalEquinox #FallEquinox #Autumn #Fall #seasons #transitions #life #reflection #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart #JinpaLhaga
