poetry, photography and reflections on life, aging, and dharma
love hurts they say, but this can’t be the half of it love is beyond hurt, love is a knife with no handle, love is broken glass on a concrete floor, love is the muffled voice from another room determining your fate, love is the point of impact, love is the raptor’s shadow and the … Read more
shortly after the apple the labeling began, all the this and that, the these and those, all the ins and outs – who decides? this discriminating mind as useful and as dangerous as a knife –what makes one bloom a flower and the next a weed? here is a power beyond all words– choose to … Read more
Abandon all hope of fruition -Lojong slogan Avoid the trap of hope and fear -Shambhala Buddhist teaching Isn’t hope a good thing? When we bump into these teachings on “hope,” we trip. It can be really confusing — aren’t we taught that we should be hopeful people? Yes and no — “hope” can … Read more