This may be the last day of my life.
I lifted my right hand to wave at the sun,
but I did not wave at it in farewell.
I was glad I could still see it - that's all.
~ Fernando Pessoa
translation by Richard Zenith
17 hours ago
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Deep Looking - Thich Nhat Hanh - *Art: Barbara Stone* In spite of the lessons of the collective wisdom of the world, we rarely satisfy our yearning to know the Truth of our Existence. T...
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Held, not healed - When we meet with someone who is feeling melancholic, empty, restless, or down, we can quickly become convinced that something is wrong, and that our role...
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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. —Yeats - *Do not listen to music emphasizing particular frequencies if you suffer from epilepsy. The Heart is the center of the Self and the Self is the center of...
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Ella May - Who is aware? - Thoughts arise and fall as flowers live and wilt. Stars fade over eons in the night sky and clouds pass and change. Everything is changing all the ti...1 week ago
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Lu Tung Pin – What is Tao - What is Tao? by Lu Tung Pin English version by T. C. Lai What is Tao? It is just this. It cannot be rendered into speech. If you insist on an explanation, ...1 week ago
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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...4 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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Kenshō. In the Zen tradition this signifies the first insight–... - Kenshō. In the Zen tradition this signifies the first insight– the moment that one intuitively perceives their true nature.9 years ago
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The Morning Reading: "somewhere on the earth, freedom is learning to walk, trying not to fall" - *du bois in ghana* - Evie Shockley at 93, you determined to pick up and go— and stay gone. the job nkrumah called you to, to create, at last, your *ency...9 years ago
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2 comments:
Yes, a new appreciation for "the cosmos" arises...For the whole of the Cosmos. At least it did for me... :)
such a fabulous miraculous miracle to be, and with eyes to see.
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