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                                                                       Seattle Winter

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. - Buddha

                                                                           Blue Flew

It started raining last night on my way to the grocery store. I usually take a walk through some quite streets along the side walks. This time the rain slowly dropped on my hat, my coat and shoes. It was ok, it felt good as autumn made it’s way. Today I walked through the trails of bushes and trees and looked up to the clouds and blue sky. Then I looked to the damp cool sticks that lay on the ground and I slowly watched a walking Blue Dragonfly.

                                                                      Melancholy Man

Watching the moon at dawn, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left off. - Izumi Shikbu

Sometimes I like to stop thinking.  It’s hard to do but my mind can do it sometimes. I breath and let it be.

                                                                          By Myself

“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself”  - Buddha

                                                                  The Strength of Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.  - Buddha

                                                                 Something Missing

Never thought of it, but it’s true…

                                                                        another.day

It’s pretty normal to get up and get together for another day at work. It was a flight to another state and to get new information for a project. I went into the office, got to my desk and proceeded to get information with my fellow engineer. We worked for a few days and I started to complete the documents necessary for my office back home. Then, in about mid week , something happened. I got up early and got a motel breakfast to start my work again. All I could think of was getting in the car and taking off for long tiring day. I headed for the door to leave then stared at something that made me stop. I stared for a few moments at something that changed the day that was filed with documents, computers, meetings and desks. I picked up my phone camera and took a picture, a picture of something real. Next to a wall there were mother natures plants. I smiled at them and walked away for rest of the working week knowing there was something else.

                                                                     back.in.the.day

Pretend it is 1970, Ft. Walton Beach Fla. You are in a drive in theater with no cars allowed. Blankets are spread where cars should be and a sound system has been set up beneath the giant screen.

Beside a lounge chair there is a cooler filled with Busch beers and a backpack full of doobies.

You missed going to Woodstock, but you made it here to the show and Alvin Lee is banging on guitar. "I'm Going Home"

Talkin' 'bout my generation It's been awhile, it's ok if you don't get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI&feature=youtu.be

                                                                          what.is.real

I really liked this place. It wasn’t to far away. Just a walk from where I used to live. It was a large green area where I’d sit on the lawn and listen to the silence. The wind would slowly move across the pond and flow through me. I would breath, relax and stay a while. It was like being in a real world.

I am just one human being. - Dalai Lama

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. - Dalai Lama

                                                                       Thank You

thank.you.buddha thank.you.jesus thank.you.pema thank.you.shannon thank.you.friends thank.you.family thank.you.silence thank.you...

                                                                       Friends

Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. - Pema Chödrön

                                                                        Don’t Mind

Sit quietly and easily, focusing on your breath or body. When you feel settled, bring to mind a time ten years ahead.  Recognize that you don’t know what will happen then. Feel the not knowing and relax with it. Think of the earth spinning through space with hundreds of thousands of people being born and dying every day. Where does each life come from?  How did it start? There are so many things we don’t know.  Feel the truth of don’t mind, relax and become comfortable with it.

Now, bring to mind a conflict, inner or outer. Be aware of all the thoughts and opinions you have about how it should be, about how they should be.  Now recognize that you don’t really know. Maybe the wrong thing will lead to something better.  You don’t know.

Consider how would it be to approach yourself, the situation, the other people with don’t know mind. Feel it. Don’t know. Not sure. No fixed opinion. Allow yourself to want to understand anew. Approach it with don’t know mind. With openness. How does don’t mind affect the situation? Does it improve it, make it wise, easier? More relaxed?

Practice don’t mind until you are comfortable resting in uncertainty, until you can do your best and laugh and say “Don’t mind.” The Wise Heart - Jack Kornfield

                                                                         Shadow

You can only lose what you cling to. - Buddha