Mental Enemas

Robert Garot on Criminal Justice Matters

2011-06-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

Cloudbearing

2011-03-12T07:07:00.001-08:00

Today

2010-09-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

There seems to be a logic

2010-06-10T08:13:00.000-07:00

When I want to teach my son
And he wants to play
He may be right--

When the cities explode with violence
They may be right
After decades of systematic exclusion
And marginalization

And when hundreds of thousand of gallons
Of oil
Continue spilling into the Gulf of Mexico
Day after day
And no one seems able to find a solution...

We get the leaders we deserve.

The Mother of Culture

2010-06-09T09:30:00.000-07:00

All your wars
To save something which is already changing.

All your borders
To protect something ungraspable.

All your ways
Belong to whomever will take them.

All their ways
Are also yours.

There was silence before.

There will be silence after.

All will be forgotten
And be as it was
Again

To Ruya

Ohio is a piano

2010-06-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.cartogrammar.com/flash/piano/Piano.html

What is this

2009-11-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

Constant buzzing
Like the static of the universe
A tv set in the mind

Changing the channel doesn't help.
Best turn it off.

There's a trick

2009-11-01T12:06:00.001-08:00

To overcoming all the delusions of mind--
Envy, self-righteousness, greed, depression, sloth, anger, frustration, etc.

It comes with just a little opening up.
Just a little gap.
A little breath.
A little awareness.

Of the sun perhaps.
An old friend.
A brook babbling beneath a bridge.

Ah yes.
Remember?

Self Control

2009-10-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

Who is the "self" that needs control
And what is the "self" that is controling?
How could there be two selves?

I believe psychologists have a word for that (schizophrenia)
But they do not apply it to "self control"
Why not?

Money Art

2009-04-24T16:14:00.000-07:00

http://www.smokeinmydreams.com/094.html

oh happy day

2009-04-07T07:30:00.001-07:00

http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/index.htm

Sweetness

2009-03-05T19:35:00.001-08:00

m.e. of the day

2009-02-21T10:22:00.000-08:00

live your art

2009-02-17T19:50:00.000-08:00

An Identity Crisis

2009-02-13T09:13:00.000-08:00

is painful
because the brain knows

that the brain has fooled itself
within the illusion
of form.

If you experience a spirituality you cannot express

2009-02-12T13:55:00.000-08:00

perhaps that's just as it ought to be

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tetheredto/2040947172/in/set-72157608751221387/

It's not the bubble economy so much we should worry about

2009-02-06T06:41:00.000-08:00

It's the bubble selves.

How can we believe

2009-01-11T19:55:00.002-08:00

When we do not know?
How can we know
When we cannot fully sense?
This is not a question of Cartesian doubt.
I am therefore I think.
I am that I am.
Belief is not necessary for I am
(it makes me giggle).

Everything about us:
Mind and Body,
Is constituted by limits
Which may be overcome
Only up to a point.
Therefore any belief
Is absurd.
The point
Instead
Is to experience.

Openness
Breath
Smilesfeelingslove
Why would we want to limit this?
With anyone?
Or anything?

beliefs makes me sad.

A failure

2009-01-09T22:31:00.001-08:00

is nothing more

than a liberation

from form

Sand Art

2009-01-08T03:21:00.001-08:00

http://www.wimp.com/bestart/

MInd

2009-01-08T03:13:00.000-08:00

http://www.wimp.com/bigmind/

True Courage

2009-01-08T03:07:00.001-08:00

http://www.wimp.com/sobrave/

Mirabeau Bridge

2009-01-07T15:57:00.000-08:00

Guillaume Apollinaire
Translated by Richard Wilbur

Under the Mirabeau Bridge there flows the Seine
Must I recall
Our loves recall how then
After each sorrow joy came back again

Let night come on bells end the day
The days go by me still I stay

Hands joined and face to face let's stay just so
While underneath
The bridge of our arms shall go
Weary of endless looks the river's flow

Let night come on bells end the day
The days go by me still I stay

All love goes by as water to the sea
All love goes by
How slow life seems to me
How violent the hope of love can be

Let night come on bells end the day
The days go by me still I stay

The days the weeks pass by beyond our ken
Neither time past
Nor love comes back again
Under the Mirabeau Bridge there flows the Seine

Let night come on bells end the day
The days go by me still I stay

http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Apollinaire/Apollinaire-Guillaume_01_Le-Pont-Mirabeau_1913.mp3

"Business"

2009-01-07T04:36:00.001-08:00

A Baby Bodhisattva's Buddha Bowl

2009-01-03T23:22:00.000-08:00

from the gurino...

and now.. A Baby Bodhisattva's Buddha Bowl of inspiring
NEW YEAR WORDS for You! Feel welcome to send n' share
them with others... even read it aloud to yourself as the words
dance across your mind, penetrate your heart and play
amongst your lips & breath...

_____________________________________________
___________________________________________

Even after achieving the goal of all spiritual practices,
you cannot be indifferent to 'new beginnings' ~
A beginning is forever full of magic,
enchantment and treasures to be explored.
No matter what the occasion,
a new beginning must be approached
with a mystical awareness of its potential.

~ Chidvalisa Ananda

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You do not have to be a Saint to make the world a better place.
You do not have to give up everything for the good of others.
It does not have to be either complete renunciation
or complete obsession with oneself.
It does not have to be all or nothing.
Perhaps it is just the little things you can do.
After all, small acts of kindness can change your world. (try it.)

~ Anila Choying Drolma

_____________________

Do not look back in Anger,
or forward in Fear,
but around in Awareness.

~ James Thurber

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Love is the only freedom from attachment.
When you love everything, you are attached to nothing.

~ The Book of Mirdad by Mikhail Naimy

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If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams,
and endeavors to actually live the life which they have imagined,
they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours
... so build your castles in the air, that is where they should be !
Now, for God's-sake, go put the foundations under them !

~ Henry David Thoreau

_________________

A 'Second Chance' -
That's a delusion.
There never was to be
but one each time.
We do work in the dark -
We do what we can -
We give what we have -
Our constant inquiry is our passion -
and our Passion is our blessed task.
The rest is the madness of art !!!

~ Henry James, "The Middle Years"

The greatest freedom

2009-01-02T03:04:00.000-08:00

is the freedom of imagination
which no one can ever take away
without your consent

The richness of humanity
is that we may travel
and find the fruits of imagination
everywhere.

Taste the fruits
Feel the variation
and move on.

Words rustle

2009-01-02T03:02:00.001-08:00

like ripples.

I am eager
to throw mine into the mix
splashing against others',
making waves.

But
with just a moment
of silence
the echoes
gently spread
and diminish
into nothing.

disappointment

2009-01-02T03:00:00.000-08:00

is like an incantation
which we may choose to obey
or not.

Forms come and go
Moving like flames in the fire
The way snowflakes
Tumble and roll.

So a disappointment
is nothing more
than an illusion
confronting the real.

What could be more joyous?

Impermanence

2009-01-02T02:47:00.001-08:00

Home

2009-01-01T07:18:00.000-08:00

Rumi warns us against those leaders who turn humans against humans with appeals to patriotism and love of home. Only a fool will allow this love, which is understandable and natural, to be transformed into hatred of others he does not know. In this way, he becomes the slave of the schemes and machinations of a nature which is clever but also base. Hence the first warning: Do not believe an absurdity, no matter who says it. These absurdities may and often do roll from the lips of persons set in authority above their fellow men. But those who preach hatred, distrust and hostility against other peoples do not merit our trust. They try to ensnare the feeble-minded with their bile.

But what, then is home? First, Rumi condemns as a fool the man who would define his home in terms of a political creation, be it city, state or empire. The true home is a boundless ocean, he writes. Man must think in terms of his species, linked across time and space. Equally he must cherish the planet on which he dwells and must avoid through love for any locality doing harm to the whole. But finally that “home” is something which the wiseman seeks, accepting suffering and loss as he does so. The way home, as Novalis would tell us, is an inward path.

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/12/hbc-90004100
http://www.twoinchesofftheground.com/sufi2.html

The World Peace Dorje

2009-01-01T03:06:00.000-08:00

DZAMLING CHI DANG YUL KHAM DI DAG TU

In the world in general and in this nation

NED MUG TSHON SOK DUGNGAL MING MI DRAG

May not even the names disease, famine, war, and suffering be heard.

CHO DAN SONAM PALJOR GONG DU PHEL

May virtuous qualities, merit, and prosperity greatly increase

TAGTU TASHI DE LEG PHUN TSHOG SHOG

And may continuous good fortune and subline well-being perfectly arise.

by Jnana

12 Girls Band--Riverdance

2009-01-01T02:53:00.000-08:00

Wes Montgomery and the New Year

2009-01-01T02:37:00.001-08:00

A New Year's Poem

2009-01-01T02:20:00.000-08:00

The Inner History of a Day

No one knew the name of this day;
Born quietly from deepest night,
It hid its face in light,
Demanded nothing for itself,
Opened out to offer each of us
A field of brightness that traveled ahead,
Providing in time, ground to hold our footsteps
And the light of thought to show the way.

The mind of the day draws no attention;
It dwells within the silence with elegance
To create a space for all our words,
Drawing us to listen inward and outward.

We seldom notice how each day is a holy place
Where the eucharist of the ordinary happens,
Transforming our broken fragments
Into an eternal continuity that keeps us.

Somewhere in us a dignity presides
That is more gracious than the smallness
That fuels us with fear and force,
A dignity that trusts the form a day takes.

So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown
And for the secret work
Through which the mind of the day
And wisdom of the soul become one.

-- from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, by John O'Donohue

from Akasa Levi

Poetry Chaikhana Home

Dolphin rings

2008-12-29T14:51:00.001-08:00

Youths throwing stones

2008-12-29T14:06:00.000-08:00

is understandable...
for youth

but when we become adults,
isn't all this war stuff
really now,
rather silly?

Watch: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/515.html

So, what is karma in Buddhism?

2008-12-29T02:53:00.000-08:00

1. Karma is a Sanskrit word that means "intentional/volitional or
willful action" and refers to the universal law of cause and effect.
Karma is a natural order of things, like water finding its own level.

2. Karma is created not only by physical action but also by thoughts
and words. Things we choose to do or say or think set karma into
motion.

3. Karma operates by itself, justly and, one might say, unforgivingly.
But karma can be broken, in fact, unwholesome or "bad" karma (negative
habits) can be consciously broken.

4. Karma is not "destiny" or "fate" or some kind of cosmic retribution
system.

5. Sometimes people use the word karma to mean the "result" of karma.
For example, someone might say B lost his job because "that's his
karma." However, as Buddhists use the word, karma is the action, NOT
the result. The effects of karma are spoken of as the "fruits" or the
"result" of karma.

6. In the Buddha's day, most religions in India taught that karma
operated in a simple straight line--past actions influence the
present; present actions influence the future. But in Buddhism, karma
is NON-LINEAR and complex. Karma, the Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu
says,"acts in multiple feedback loops, with the present moment being
shaped both by past and present actions; present actions shape not
only the future but also the present."
So, although the past has some influence on the present, the present
also is shaped by the actions of the present.

7. When we seem stuck in old, destructive patterns, it may not be the
karma of the past that's causing us to be stuck. If we're stuck, it's
more likely that we're re-creating the same old patterns with our
present thoughts and attitudes. To change our karma, and change our
lives, we have to change our minds.

"Cause and effect are One thing. And what is that one thing? You.
That's why what you do and what happens to you are the same thing."

8. "The theory of karma should not be confused with so-called 'moral
justice' or 'reward and punishment'... The term 'justice' is ambiguous
and dangerous, and in its name more harm than good is done to
humanity. The theory of karma is the theory of cause and effect, of
action and reaction; it is a natural law, which has nothing to do with
the idea of justice or reward and punishment."
--Buddhist scholar Walpola Rahula.

9. Sometimes people talk about "good" and "bad" (or "evil") karma.
From the Buddhist perspectives, it's useful to substitute the words
"wholesome" and "unwholesome" for "good" and "bad/evil".
Wholesome actions spring from selfless compassion, loving-kindness,
and wisdom.
Unwholesome actions spring from greed, hate, and ignorance.

10. Although the fruits of "good" karma might be pleasant and
beneficial, ALL karma keeps one entangled in the cycle of death and
rebirth. Actions free from intention, desire, hate and delusion do not create either good or bad karma, but a third kind of karma. This karma is neither good or bad, neither black or white. This third kind of karma is very rarely discussed, but it is this one which is capable of putting an end to the other two kinds of karma. It is orld-transcending, above good and evil. To put an end to duality is to put an end to karma. Thus, this third kind of karma is the ending of all duality. In this the Buddha said,"I came to clear realization of this through my own sublime wisdom." It is something he came to realize with his own insight and then taught to all.

Merely producing good karma does not extinguish mental suffering completely and absolutely, because one goes right on being infatuated by and grasping at good karma.

sarva mangalam!
Bodhi svaha.

From Quasistellar:

http://groups.google.com/group/buddhaboy?hl=en

any conversation

2008-12-28T07:24:00.001-08:00

is a privelege.

What it's all about...

2008-12-27T04:21:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Lin

2008-12-26T14:39:00.000-08:00

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic.html

Half of infinity is still infinity

2008-12-24T05:39:00.000-08:00

How can joy ever be diminished?

Santa is the future Buddha??

2008-12-24T03:50:00.000-08:00

http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/SantaMaitreya.html

Hope arises anew

2008-12-22T07:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/technology/22digital.html?_r=2&ref=business

Mark thee calendars: Feb. 17
A potential new day for the blooms of consciousness.

Bearing witness to everyday illusions

2008-12-19T04:11:00.000-08:00

beautiful performances--how much of each day is filled with such nonsense?

Rowan Atkinson Invisible Drum Kit - VideoDart.com - The top video clips of the week are here

and how we fret about it

quotes from my gurino

2008-12-19T00:37:00.000-08:00

" There are NO Answers ~
Love the 'Questions' themselves." ~ Rainer Rilke

"One easily-made, very common mistake
is to think that 'your reality' is THE Reality.
You must always be prepared to bravely
leave your reality for a greater one." ~ Amaji Meera

"Kindness" is more important than 'Wisdom' -
and the 'clear recognition' of this -
IS the beginning of Wisdom." ~ Theodore Issac Rubin

"Your task is not to 'seek' for Love -
but merely to seek and find all the 'barriers'
within yourself, that you have built against Love." ~ Rumi

"When I see I am Nothing - that is Wisdom.
When I see I am Everything - that is Love.
And between these two, my life flows." ~ Nisargadatta

"Love and Compassion are Necessities -
Not Luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive." ~ The Dalai Lama

" BE the changes you want to see in the world." ~ Gandhi

thanks, Akasa

http://buddhablogone.blogspot.com/2008/11/buddhist-meditation-retreat-mindfulness.html

Colors!

2008-12-18T14:07:00.001-08:00

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=--3slK2O_Dk

Monks and Tigers

2008-12-18T07:59:00.001-08:00

http://abcnews.go.com/International/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6479393&page=1

that feeling

2008-12-17T23:45:00.000-08:00

of trying to capture
that feeling
of purpose
and whimsy
of longing
and contentment

is that freedom?
is it love?
it seems to have no name
but the giddy sensations
and fresh ruminations
give it away

it is a giving
a joy
a spark
a union
fresh
and uncorrupted

he cried

2008-12-17T14:58:00.000-08:00

in that conversation
he knew not why
nothing obvious
no one died
but just a precariousness of situated pretentions so fragile and buffered with such SUBSTANTIAL defenses no it couldn't be it was not possible people live this way everyday ongoingly
so he cried
and they carried
him away.

trying to convince someone

2008-12-17T14:54:00.000-08:00

of a certain something
it was so important
we created a group
and we marched
and were so convinced
that anyone
who did anything different with
their life
was seen with suspicion
and skepticism
because we were on a mission
why didn't they join
us why didn't they
why did we so often feel so damn
alone

and so i found myself

2008-12-17T14:50:00.001-08:00

with a night
in which i did not have
a thing
to do

like a wisp of dust
on a saturday afternoon
in a forlorn desert

and i flicked
and i flipped
until all the channels had been seen
all the news was old
all the models tired

there was no more
there
only
here.

fear

2008-12-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

teaches
immobilizes
silences

in a gentle slyness
in a wry aside

it makes fools of us
it shows us
nothing

it is as big
as we can imagine

but cannot stand up
to a giggle

a preponderance of disturbance

2008-12-17T14:38:00.000-08:00

a zig-zag existence

a lack of clarity

a boundlessness

unknowing if an end
is even possible

no explanations
no explanation
no ex-plantation
no execration

relation

station

ingratiation

life has become too easy.

being still

2008-12-17T14:32:00.000-08:00

in the shrill
get my fill
of the frill
ever will

with my quill
rising hill
wait until
on the sill

a fragility
delicate
grasp
last
gasp

inhale

Every moment teaches

2008-12-17T14:24:00.000-08:00

wherever i go
whomever i talk to

a cop gang member surfer stripper professor mathematician waiter soccer fan soldier agent entrepreneur writer cleaner poet wanderer musician

that i knew
showed me this

and i forgot

i am trying

to remember

Don't embarrass the Buddha! - Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

2008-12-17T03:45:00.000-08:00

(hell and brimstone Buddhist style)

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HkICMrNG78M

Oooooooooooooooooo

2008-12-16T02:11:00.001-08:00

The Cosmos

2008-12-13T03:23:00.001-08:00

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081213.html

Dancing!!

2008-12-13T03:02:00.001-08:00

No disappointment

2008-12-03T14:22:00.000-08:00

is ever bigger
than this JOY

this cockamamie
GIDDINESS

this BJORKINESS
and EINSTEININESS

just a big whale, man, shwooshing through the deep wide blue

and any negative comment or look or whatever
is my new best friend.

Palden Dorje TV

2008-12-03T14:19:00.000-08:00

A Stroke of Insight

2008-12-03T13:47:00.000-08:00

Shwooooosh!

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Get Validated!

2008-12-03T13:46:00.000-08:00

Seriously!

http://www.spiritualcinemacircle.com/scc/ecs/public/main/validationMovie.html

Grace

2008-11-13T23:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.paldendorje.com/index.php

Mama Africa

2008-11-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

Remember

2008-10-01T06:31:00.001-07:00

to thank

the person who rejects you

for saving you the hassle

of being involved with someone

who doesn't want to be around you.

Perhaps

2008-09-23T06:21:00.000-07:00

What we need to arrive at
May be arrived at
By going
more
slowly.

Realizing

2008-09-22T23:17:00.000-07:00

Meditation,
Called a practice
Is done for this moment
Now
So that it is impossible to tell
If I am meditating
Or not
Anymore.

Economy goes up and down

2008-09-22T23:15:00.000-07:00

And living with presence
Observes
And does what is always done:
Goes where help is needed
And observes.

Each Precious African Human Birth

2008-09-22T23:12:00.000-07:00

Is such a precious thing to behold
In fingers
tingling
like shimmering tears and
a devoutness
and patience
in every well of eyes.

I am spaciousness

2008-09-22T23:10:00.000-07:00

And whatever happens is a good thing.

I am awareness

I am love

I am giving.

Simply.

Now.

In each moment fully experienced

2008-09-21T07:53:00.000-07:00

The heart opens up that much more.

"I think the worst thing in the world is to be lying on your death bed saying, 'I wish I had tried."

2008-09-21T07:06:00.000-07:00

Perhaps the worst thing in the world is to be thinking about
how in the future
you'll be obsessed about the past.

Perhaps the worst thing in the world
Is to worry about what might be
The worst thing in the world

Perhaps the only worst thing in the world
Is to criticize another's idea
Of the worst thing in the world.

But at any rate,
Once you die
What will you care?

And if you have nothing better to do

Than to spend the last few moments of life

In any moment other than the here and now

Savoring whatever splendor might be had

In the last rustle of curtains.

The last giggles of kids down the street

Then that is to be regretted most.

Almost as much as the regret of losing the present moment,

With the kids playing

And the dinner cooking

In thinking about that moment

Or how others might think of it

Etc.

Source of quote--a sweet little article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-moulden/top-10-reasons-to-become_b_127653.html

There is No End to it

2008-09-16T03:45:00.000-07:00

Dividing and parsing our resources, opportunities and judgements
Based on where you were born who your mother is what's under your pants the tinture of your skin the car you drive your musical tastes your interests
No
That's not what matters.

Who's thinking that thought?
Is that thought worth so much more than an African thought?
With time and training, the thought's the same in any case.

The illusion of difference--
How wonderful when a Chinese athlete won the gold.
They won it for all of us
Your suffering is for all of us
Your wealth is for all of us
Nothing is lost
Nothing is gained

It's all just part of the big cosmic smile.
You look away from it
And there's suffering enough for all.

Cocks

2008-09-06T07:55:00.000-07:00

Funny what one comes across, browsing on a Saturday.
Recently, a couple topics have lured me in.

One was on King Mswati III of Swaziland, with 13 wives, while his people live in poverty. Check out the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/africa/06king.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Another is Matthew Barney, and his Cremaster Cycle--an epic about, what else--his cock. Or, more precisely, the muscle which pulls up the testicles. Wow, profound. He created only 20 DVDs of his five films, which sell for $100,000 each.

Both men rich from cockification.
Both obsessed with cock.
Both with egos as big as the whole outdoors.

What's the difference?

Isn't it Great

2008-09-06T07:52:00.000-07:00

That the highest pleasures
And most splendid happiness
Is absolutely free.

But often we feel a need to pay
With other so-called pleasures
Enough of those.

Now for a note from our sponsor:
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No story here

2008-09-06T06:35:00.000-07:00

all awareness

and so much room

to appreciate

the more

and again

Immense Space

2008-09-06T06:33:00.000-07:00

In every conversation
With every person
In public
In private
There it is

The hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The curve of the thumb

2008-09-06T06:32:00.000-07:00

is a wonderful thing.

This form.
This body.
All bodies.

it makes no difference

2008-09-05T05:37:00.000-07:00

One who says all is not one
Is one with me.

One who says all is one
Is one with me.

Terrorism and Everyday Life

2008-09-05T05:26:00.000-07:00

The job of a terrorist is to terrify.
But if a people cannot be terrified,
There can be no terrorism.

How can a people not be terrified?
By nonattachment.

And nonseparation.

Golden White Light--Everywhere

2008-08-29T02:18:00.000-07:00

Sitting on the couch reading to the kids. Tristan is ansy and I give him the 1-2-3 then give him his time out. Or I watch myself giving him his time-out. I see the time-out given. He is angry, I see that, and I feel that with any slightest bit of anger, I lose myself, I lose the sense of myself. I lose awareness. I never want to lose that. I feel it ebbs and flows.

I read to Elena and then went and got Tristan up--he was happy. We put on our shoes and went down to take out the trash. Outside, in the brightness of the day, I almost felt I was floating. It wasn't really the 'me' walking or the 'me' seeing. Cars, the reflections of light, form everywhere. Breathing. There.

Brought the kids to school, dropped them off in the industrial area. While driving I felt the total car presence with other drivers.

Then at the post office, waiting in line. Two women in front of me laugh, a man in front of them. The co-presence of a line can be the most beautiful part of the day. I noticed from a clock on the wall it had only been 15 minutes since I'd dropped the kids off. 15 minutes, and it felt like days, like an eternity, beautifully. I could have stayed in that line, as if on an island with these other lovely souls, forever.

How can

2008-08-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

Anyone
Anything
Any weather
Any word
Disturb
This
Bliss
of
Being?

Just not possible...

just us/justice

2008-08-20T04:40:00.000-07:00

the whole world
a big open ooooom
a big circle in space

we regard each other
the lovely muslimschristiansgaysstraightschineseamericangolferhusbanddaughte
rnursefriendetc

all mixed up
all changing
all good

U
R
gooooooood.

Not looking

2008-08-20T04:36:00.001-07:00

for another relationship
for a new home
for a new job
for a new body
for something to eat
to have fun
to be entertained.

Just looking

to say hello

to have a conversation

or not

Just being
A just being

So much space

2008-08-20T04:31:00.000-07:00

to open up into

with each habit lost
with each emotion felt
with each person appreciated
with each little sound that's heard

there's a space

so much time
so much energy

so much

The Internet is a Giant Brain

2008-08-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Full of gold and garbage,
And I swim in this collective mass,
Searching for points of resonance,
of collusion, of interest, of growth.

Everything I see
Reflects me.

Simultaneously anonymous and painfully public,
Infinitely maleable

It's our human thing.
Look, universe: us.

And we look at it and into it,
Spiralling, playing, reading, displaying
Pulling out pushing in
Mysterious to others in our homes
Into our own heads as we browse the collective one
Often giggling!
Sometimes horrified.
And sometimes even innocent.

We search we search we search
and always, always end up coming back
to ourselves.

True Enlightenment

2008-08-19T03:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.globalserve.net/~sarlo/Ratings.htm

A Quality Life

2008-05-09T06:10:00.000-07:00

Not a famous life
Not a rich life

A giving life
An experienced life

A productive life?
What's to produce?
Life provides us everything
When we give to her

Even death.

A gentle wish--turned inward

2008-05-09T05:51:00.000-07:00

That those who may have deprived me
Or despised me
Or ostracized me
Or said or did something I thought wasn't fair
At least might have enjoyed themselves
As they did so...

But really,
No one ever did such things.
They were always acting out of the logic of their circumstances.

Something about the logic of my circumstances
Kept me from appreciating that.

And in light of all that

2008-05-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

I meet you
And there is a tension.
Loving kindness, loving for all
Never let anyone out of your heart
Even as they look down on you
Or flip you off
Or doubt, fundamentally, that anything could come of you.

The vast stillness

2008-05-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

And so much to do
The vast stillness
All around
The vast stillness
And plans and making plans for planning
The vast stillness
And another book to write
The vast stillness
And those great urges
The vast stillness
And so much suffering

Sitting, Lying down, standing

2008-05-04T08:11:00.000-07:00

Wherever you are

Enjoying it.

The endless denial of nothing

2008-05-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

And the endless quest to fill it

Can be painful to behold.

Separation and Suffering

2008-05-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

All separation is attachment
All attachment is separation
The release from suffering
must be somewhere between

What Revolutions

2008-01-23T10:46:00.000-08:00

might be possible

If we might
slow
down

to
eat

our
food.

http://www.slowfood.com/
http://www.themeatrix.com/

A sponge to wipe away the past

2008-01-22T14:24:00.001-08:00

A rose to greet the future,
And a kiss for now.

--A message wrapped in a little bacio, a chocolate kiss Italian style.

Victimhood

2008-01-22T14:19:00.000-08:00

Must be one of the hardest attachments
to overcome.
O, the mind's a slippery one there.

"Everytime I think of him,
I feel I'm being raped again,"
A number of students have written
in their papers.

So now she's victimizing herself
years after it happened.

But who can tell her that?
How can it be told?

There is nothing more noble than a greenhorn

2008-01-22T13:16:00.000-08:00

...who sees with fresh eyes what the
Old hand takes for granted,
Is a quote I believe Walt Whitman said
Tho I could be wrong.

I've done martial arts
since I was 7
And I've meditated
since I was 13

Yet

How refreshing it is
to go into a new class
and be treated like an idiot.

Is it really hard not to get upset?

2008-01-22T12:51:00.000-08:00

When I found an old student had written
That I "prove the invalidity of natural selection"

Yes, I looked back at old comments on
"myprofessor.com"
From four years ago,
And retorts swirled through my head
For about a day.

Now wasn't that a dainty dish
to feed into my mind?