Freitag, 19. November 2010
This bird
“Nothing really dies,” I told him. “It just turns into something else. Everything is always changing form. Do you remember the pumpkin that rotted into the earth in your garden? Tomatoes sprouted where it used to be. This bird will go back to the earth and turn into lavendar flowers and butterflies,”
Anne Cushman
Anne Cushman
Feelings
"Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
Sonntag, 7. November 2010
The third ear
"Seeing involves keeping at a distance."
Joachim-Ernst Berendt,
The Third Ear: On Listening to the World
http://www.new-universe.com/pythagoras/third-ear.html
Joachim-Ernst Berendt,
The Third Ear: On Listening to the World
http://www.new-universe.com/pythagoras/third-ear.html
Back to our senses
Coming back to my senses, discovering the capability to develop all my senses, I find that is not only a necessity for my health and the health of the planet, but also a great present and adventure.
TYL, Doris InOma (Oma means Grandma in my language)
TYL, Doris InOma (Oma means Grandma in my language)
Samstag, 6. November 2010
Freitag, 5. November 2010
Approaching the secret of true beauty
"But we all know death is inevitable, don't we?"
"Knowing the truth and accepting it are very different things. A classic example is the story of Kisa Gotami, who could not accept that her young son had died. Clutching his lifeless body, she went from neighbor to neighbor, begging for medicine to cure him. One man took pity on her and said, 'I don't have the medicine you need, but I know someone who does.' When she came to me demanding the remedy, I sent her off to collect a mustard seed from every house in which no one had died. Empty-handed after a long search, she realized that death is universal, and was finally able to accept her loss. At the same time, she learned that there's a path to the deathless — to nirvana — for those who let go of their attachment to life."
An Excerpt from Coffee with the Buddha by Joan Duncan Oliver
from: http://bit.ly/dfakOI
"Knowing the truth and accepting it are very different things. A classic example is the story of Kisa Gotami, who could not accept that her young son had died. Clutching his lifeless body, she went from neighbor to neighbor, begging for medicine to cure him. One man took pity on her and said, 'I don't have the medicine you need, but I know someone who does.' When she came to me demanding the remedy, I sent her off to collect a mustard seed from every house in which no one had died. Empty-handed after a long search, she realized that death is universal, and was finally able to accept her loss. At the same time, she learned that there's a path to the deathless — to nirvana — for those who let go of their attachment to life."
An Excerpt from Coffee with the Buddha by Joan Duncan Oliver
from: http://bit.ly/dfakOI
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