“Just to be alive is enough.”
~ Suzuki Roshi
…easy to forget. peace-giving, perspective balancing, grateful to remember…
#gratitude #abide #zen #gift #life #SuzukiRoshi
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#Nonviolence365
@BerniceKing: The best path to save the soul of America and transform our culture is through #Nonviolence365 . It’s more than a tactic, it’s a lifestyle.
#this #BeTheChange #peace #wisdom #love #compassion #transformation #NoDayButToday
just this sitting…
Breath. Rises and falls.
Just this sitting. There is peace.
Sun shines and birds sing.
~j
abundance…
“I see a fearless generosity in the flowers and trees, in the way birds sing out at dawn, in the steady drumming of the rain. As I grew older and found I had things to protect, I forgot. I completely forgot that I had always had enough in the first place. Now I am trying to learn this once again—total abundance, nothing begrudged.”
~ Sallie Tisdale
meditation is a practice…
meditation is a practice
coming back to reality ~
here i am.
this is my breath coming in
and going out.
~j
this is my body aching or at rest.
hearing the sounds of this moment.
taking care of oneself in this reality ~
i feel my body. i feel any tension or pain.
i hold it with tenderness and breathe into it
and breathe out of it.
and breathe out of it.
i hear the confusion in my mind.
thoughts racing nowhere.
i hold this feeling with understanding
and compassion.
letting go and coming back to my breath.
i hear the lovely sounds of life around me.
i am grateful and smile.
staying open to reality ~
my heart has the capacity to hold
the entire world and all of life.
my mind, the wisdom to let go.
my mind, the wisdom to let go.
i stay open to the present,
trusting life and my true nature,
trusting the capacity of my heart to
stay open and grow.
and in this space of understanding
and compassion
– in this openness –
i am able to be of benefit
to others’ well being
and their end to suffering
as well as my own.
~j
Thich Nhat Hanh mantra…
Breathing in,
I see myself as a flower.
Breathing out, I feel fresh.
Breathing in,
I see myself as a mountain.
Breathing out, I feel solid.
Breathing in, I see myself as space.
Breathing out, I feel free.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
Nepal Earthquake, prayers…
prayers for Nepal for rescue, aid, relief, fresh water, generosity, healing and peace.
more than 1400 lives lost. many many injured. many with whereabouts unknown, many possibly buried with nightfall, rain, cold and aftershocks complicating the situation. hold them in your heart and prayers and give as you are able. peace ~j
#Nepal #NepalEarthquake
one on one…
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Why do I consider it so crucial to balance the outer aspects of nonviolence and compassion with the inner support of contemplative practice? Because in the end, all politics are local, and we cannot love life and humanity if we do not love each other, one on one. ~ Lama Surya Das |
grief…
windows…
sometimes it is just enough to know you have the capacity to love,
to be moved by someone, to feel.
even that can be a window to the deeper love.
the love that carries us all.
may you know that you are worthy of such love
and that your love is a gift to this world.
you wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t.
~j
02.14.15
The Metta Garden 