what is it to awaken?

perhaps it is nothing more than opening our hearts to life as it is in this moment, wherever we are, responding with warmth and kindness, and then letting go into the great Mystery, with love.

~j

#NirvanaDay #ParinirvanaDay #Nirvana #Awakening #WakeUp #OpenHeart #life #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #JMWArt

in our love

we are fully

alive!

~j

Happy Valentine’s Day friends!

may our hearts open more fully to love and life 😌❤️🙏🏻

#ValentinesDay #love #OpenHeart #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

quick sketch response for when i hear that people actually still support President Trump and his agenda…

Gandalf to Saruman:

“Tell me friend, when did Saruman the wise abandon reason for madness?”

#ArtTherapy #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #LOTR #TheFellowshipOfTheRing #Gandalf #Saruman #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

#repost

“Close your eyes. Feel it. The light…it’s always been there. It will guide you.” ~

Maz Kanata

stop. sit. breathe. let go. allow.

(rinse and repeat)

when renewed, get back up and do generous, kind, compassionate work to benefit a world that is suffering.

~j

#StarWarsWisdom #StarWarsQuotes #MazKanata #TheForce #StarWars #LucasFilm #Disney #light #meditation #JustSit #breathe #LetGo #bodhisattvas #EngagedBuddhism #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #JMWart

breathe into life…

our breathing just as it is, full or shallow, long or short, is our doorway into our life in this moment.

no need to manipulate or control the breath. just allow it to be as natural as it is in this moment and rest upon it. ride the wave.

even if it is just one breath, two or three breaths. in those moments with full attention on our breath, we give ourselves a moment of peace, of calm, of openness, of sanity, and the opportunity to see life just as it is.

have joy in your breath, have joy in this moment – you are alive!

breathe into life and cherish this moment, cherish your breath.

~j

#breathe #gratitude #life #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

a day late with my art…

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Year of the Earth Pig 🌍 🐷

may all good things come your way and joy fill your heart 😌🙏🏻

#ChineseNewYear #YearOfEarthPig #Chan #Zen #calligraphy #enso #JMWart

Tashi Delek!!

Happy Losar/Tibetan New Year

😌❤️🙏🏻

may all beings be free from suffering!

Om Mani Padme Hum 🙏🏻

#Losar #TibetanNewYear #TibetanBuddhism #OmManiPadmeHum #compassion #OpenHeart #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #JMWart

What good is it to live with nothing left to give, forget but not forgive, not loving all you see?

~ Coldplay

loving all we see…

it’s important to define what this can mean.

loving all we see is not an approval of what is harmful, what is cruel, of what is injustice or inequality, or of what is violent and destructive.

loving all we see is our response to a world with injustice and inequality, with violence and destruction, with what is harmful and cruel.

loving all we see, is loving justice, loving equality, and working toward these things, bringing what is healing to the world.

our love is an offering of heart, of hope, of peace.

our life as an offering.

love it all.

~j

#LoveItAll #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #ThisPassingLife #MakeItCount #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

Our personal attempts to live humanely in this world are never wasted. Choosing to cultivate love rather than anger just might be what it takes to save the planet from extinction.

~ Pema Chödrön

#love #anger #life #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart

True commitment and true love have no ‘ifs.’ They are not shaken by passing circumstances.

~ Charlotte Joko Beck

#love #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #commitment #practice #EngagedBuddhist #Zen #enso #JMWart