INSPIRATIONAL READINGS

Black crow atop the tallest pine ‘Caw’, ‘Caw’, ‘Caw’ -going hoarse- ‘Listen to the dharma!’ ‘Listen to the Dharma!’

Original mind– Not the beginning of time Not before I was born Not the source of all creation But now and now and now– Yellow leaf drifts in the autumnal wind Right before my eyes.

The real world is beyond our thoughts and ideas: we see it through the net of our desires, divided into pleasure and pain, right and wrong, inner and outer. To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not difficult to do, for the net is full of holes. [...]

“Your entire being includes everything. Your Self is all inclusive. All this play of existence is appearing within you.”

A monk asked Master Sho of Kokei, “When things come from the four directions and eight dimensions, what then?” Sho said, “Hit the Middle” The monk immediately bowed.

Better than a thousand meaningless statements Is one meaningful word, Which, having been heard, Brings peace. Better than a thousand meaningless verses Is one meaningful line of verse Which, having been heard, Brings peace. from “Thousands,” The Dhammapada

You can go backward or forward or remain where you are.

Live In Joy Live in Joy, In love. Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way. ~ There is no fire like [...]

“Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.” –Confucius

Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind. The natural state of the universe unmanifest. Let go into the clear light, trust it, merge with it. It is your own true nature, it [...]