July 2009
13 posts
One Thing at a Time
It is wonderful to learn to do one thing at a time. When we do formal zazen, we just sit; this means we do not add to the sitting any judgments such as how wonderful it is to do zazen, or how badly we are doing at it. We just sit.
When we wash the dishes, we just wash dishes; when we drive on the highway, we just drive. When pain comes, there is just pain, and when pleasure comes, there is just...
Kneeling
To gather raspberries
I find a sudden jungle
—Paiku [via Twitter]
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
~American Quaker Saying (via @alexvonvaupel)
Beneath a half-moon
in a blue-black sky,
fireflies dance
—Gaippe
ceiling fan ripples
the humid summer air—
quiet night
—Gaippe
Jack Learns of the Widow Hardesty or...
A Victorian Moment
Jack gazed around the drawing room and sighed, “perhaps I’m just not in the mood for a party.” “So, Jack,” said Robert enthusiastically, “tell me, who would you like to meet?” Jack cast another glance sad around the room. “Well, I suppose that woman by the window.” “Oh, the widow Hardesty?” “The widow...
lazy day a koi comes up just to look
— w. f. owen
In its plastic cage,
the urinal cookie waits
upside down
—Gaippe
Backyard fireworks—
Patriotism manifested
or idiots in action?
—Gaippe
On the horizon
fireworks
in the next town
—Gaippe
Fireflies dance beneath
half moon in a blue-black sky—
Warm summer evening.
—Gaippe