In my loneliness
I break and burn
twigs for the snapping fire -
hoping the smoke at least won't leave.
~ Izumi Shikibu
from The Ink Dark Moon
translation by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani
3 hours ago
My Blog List
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Child of the Milky Way - Chet Raymo - I am a child of the Milky Way. I am made of the dust of stars. Every atom in my body was forged in a star. When the Universe exploded into being, alrea...
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All Matter - . All MatterWe're all the sameAnd all so very differentDivine by designIt all intertwinesAin't nothin' newBut it's always changin'Movin' still watersSoft ...
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Teresa of Avila – Let nothing disturb you - Let nothing disturb you by Teresa of Avila English version by Ivan M. Granger (Lines written on a bookmark found in Teresa of Avila’s Breviary) Let nothing...2 days ago
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Joan Tollifson - Undeniable and unavoidable - Naming this undivided wholeness (calling it wholeness, unicity, Consciousness, awareness, the Self, the True Self, the One Mind, presence, Buddha Natu...
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In times when the center is lost - There are times in our lives when the rug gets pulled out from underneath us - the death of an old dream and how it was all supposed to turn out. What was...
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The Last Post - I know. I know. The last post appeared over a year ago. And the post before that was . . . a year before that. Now it's obvious: this blog has run its cour...3 years ago
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A runaway lover, text problems, and dinner duties - Dear Mr. Blue, I’m a single 51-year-old who’s been enjoying the outdoorsy life in Denver for the past fifteen years. I have a nice condo, good friends, a...6 years ago
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"So to be liberated you just have to know that you are already liberated. And you know that you are..." - “So to be liberated you just have to know that you are already liberated. And you know that...9 years ago
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