“Light, landscape and sky.
There is no language of the holy.
The sacred lies in the ordinary.”
~
Ming-Dao Deng
#JustThis #presence #sacred #Tao #nature #life #Zen #Buddhism #enso #JMWart
Tao
flow like water…
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.
~
Lao Tzu
#water #paradox #LaoTzu #wisdom #Tao #Taoism #FlowLikeWater #Zen #Enso #JMWart
dancing between the two…
we have within our hearts
the capacity to
hold all of this.
the tears, the laughter
the noise, the silence
the gain, the loss
the stillness
the love.
we also have within our minds
the wisdom to
let it all go.
and here we are
on this journey together
learning to dance between the two.
this life!
this life!
~j
after winter, spring…
you are Life…
welcome…
Zen student: “When times of great difficulty visit us, how should we greet them?”
Zen teacher: “Welcome.”
#zen #tao #open #InTheFlow #JustGoWithIt #AlwaysLearning #welcome #wisdom
nothing insignificant…
“The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
#gratitude #interconnection #NothingInsignificant #LoveAllLife #life #compassion #kindness #gentleness #tao #bodhicitta #bodhisattva #insects #beetle #nature
transitions…
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end…”
~ Dan Wilson
(Semisonic’s “Closing Time”)
where will you rest your heart?…
talk to me of a place
that has known
no pain
find me a place
absent
of beauty
the wind
blows where she pleases
the ocean
settles and rages
here
is
where
we
are
here is heaven
here is hell
tell me friend
where
will you rest your heart?
~j
11.21.14
