“Our lives are like the plants, floating along the water’s edge, illumined by the moon.”
~ Ryokan
held.
carried.
we reflect
the beauty
of this life
given
for a time.
and then
given back
just as easily
and all too quickly.
~j
moon
there is always Light…
when the narrative is dark and foreboding, when the banner of fear is waved gathering the masses under it, and what is said divides us, denying our interdependence – look to nature to regain your balance. sit with her, resting in her silence, aligning yourself with the Way, and remember there is always Light.
sitting with stars…
when you miss the Sun
look to the Moon
when you miss the Moon
then you shall see
all of the suns
have come out to play
~j
#zen #stars #sun #moon #sky #light #nature #wisdom #balance #sittingwithstars #sittingwithstars2016
beautiful moon…
gorgeous moon tonight. seeing her beauty reminded me of a favorite Zen story…
enjoy
~j
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. “You may have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you shoud not return emptyhanded. Please take my clothes as a gift.”
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryokan sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could give him this beautiful moon.”
#moon #zen #parables #Ryokan #beauty #JMWart #TheMettaGarden
the moon, the sun…
luminous Moon ~ Enso…
so full
so bright
she carries all of our sadness,
yet shines
Oh! to be luminous like the Moon!
~j
06.17.14
one moon so many reflections ~ Enso…
unaware…
sitting here
waiting
laying under this
black velvet canopy
falling deeper into
night
to wish upon a falling star?
all the while
unaware
of the Moon bathing us
in the fullness of Her love
as we sleep
