Flood plains
This one is like the ancient civilizationbeneath the fertile flood silt Like a discovery in waitingyet without waiting, without discovering … Continue reading Flood plains
Category: Everyday Zen
Nothing is missing
When you say yes or noDid an accumulated self tell you so?Knowing, knowing, knowing The yes is not knowingLike the … Continue reading Nothing is missing
Mirror eyes
The selves and non-selveswere fighting and notThe selves claimed“we have this!”The non-selves added“and you have this.”And so it goesjust as … Continue reading Mirror eyes
Unraveling
Pulling Zazen’s thread Undoing the unkempt braid Unraveling self Bowing, to save all beings Dropping all minds and bodies Written … Continue reading Unraveling
Underfoot
One present moment A thousand years together And one moment not Is a thousand years apart Why overlook this mountain … Continue reading Underfoot
It is
When the sun is there Beings see it as it is When the sun is not Beings see it as … Continue reading It is
On being
Changing aspen leafand unchanging evergreenabide in the breezeAnd abiding in no doubtthey are mountains and rivers Written in the most … Continue reading On being
Things we did right
We bravely looked into their eyes We smiled at them We asked them their names We listened to their stories … Continue reading Things we did right
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