I speak
in wordless living language
read my vowels and consonants….
Tag Archives: meditation
Article 47 Basho Haikus
a primeval pond
leaping frog disappears into
a single solitary plop!
Alan Watts on Haiku
irreverent pirate
plundering foreign fields for wisdom
forever blowing bubbles
Rainy Day Haikus #14-22
The constantly humming refrigerator
Knows no future
Birdsong is heart breaking
Haiku #15 White Dragon
That white noise in the ears….
Death Poem #1 plus Life Haiku
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going-
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
Interdependency Poems
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
Buddhism 101 #2 Interdependencies Galore
Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum!
Buddhism 101 #1 The Three Marks of Existence
Suffering, impermanence and egolessness.
Notes from the Secretary: Upcoming new Buddhism 101 series
The Three Marks of Existence coming soon…
Haiku #9 Silence
. . Silence is golden Or so We are told! . . EL SILENCIO El silencio es oro O ¡Como nos dijeron!
Haiku #3 Hunting
Hunting for new property The gentle art of gauging pros and cons… Who is capturing whom?
How the Gods have made up Reality
Article 36 How the Gods have made up Reality The above mask picture I found by searching for ‘sacred ritual implements.’ Presumably this mask was worn by a high priest or some such in order to summon the presence of a deity. The simple premise behind this Article is that on the level of humanContinue reading “How the Gods have made up Reality”
Dark and Bright Futures
Article 33 Dark and Light Futures Right now it seems like in many ways we are headed towards ‘hell in a hand basket’ – whatever that means! Some people feel that a hidden globalist cabal is waging some sort of asymmetric war against the established political and social order with the intention to impose someContinue reading “Dark and Bright Futures”
The Meaning of Mandala
Article 31 The Meaning of Mandala “A circular figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism.” I imagine the above definition is pretty much what most people think of when the word ‘mandala’ is used. Allow me to take you behind the curtain to what is a most interesting and useful notion yet rarelyContinue reading “The Meaning of Mandala”