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Jigme Lingpa once said that, aside from the ground expanse, everything is a lie, and a grand one at that. Even though each one of our lives is comparable to a made-up story, does that mean they have no value? … Continue reading →

November, and it’s overcast, a chill damp day between rain days, and now we remember there is a brilliant shine above the layer of moist clouds; somehow we drift up, up through the air, through the mists, the low-hanging clouds; … Continue reading →

laying next to you not moving just smiling, grateful if there was any other paradise it would surely be redundant there is enough of infinity right here, by your side without any effort or design my breath matches yours the … Continue reading →

Out where we walk there are occasional round white pebbles interspersed with the others — the brown, grey, the black, the undecided. I’m not sure, but we were out for a stroll at dusk last evening, the little dog’s ears … Continue reading →

Oh, how those Mountain Blue Jays love to play —swiftly stitching in and out through the gorgeous goldand crimson skirts of November’s brilliant Maples! Meandering among the fallen forest leaves, my head is gently caressed by a reaching Evergreen branch. … Continue reading →

From the heart of existence came a song: it was like the first bird testifying in the dark before the dawning light of day arrives; or the sudden memory of an ancient joy once believed to be long forgotten. It … Continue reading →

When I woke this morning, I realized one of my bodies had gone missing. It may be hovering over Bethlehem, in the luminous form of a comet. For everyone else, life goes on as before. The cumulative aromas of all … Continue reading →

The November trees, their colorful fallen leaves, the chill-blue sky, the swiftly moving clouds — I turn around in circles to harvest this beauty. It whirls around me, through me — there is nothing to grasp, nothing to surrender. The … Continue reading →

No matter where they’ve strayed during the day, the local birds all return home here at dusk to nestle in the abundant Cherry Laurels. Just so, we might wonder how will it be for us when we finally return to … Continue reading →

Many things are happening, yet at the same time, not very much at all. Doing nothing gets easier when there is less and less for you to do.   Watching the whole thing come down in sweet and simple harmony … Continue reading →