Hum

inoma:

human,
not to think to be, better,
not to think to be, worse,
only to know with one heart that
every living being is equal and unique.

Love is

Christina Feldman:

"Love is tending to what is rather than endlessly seeking what is not." 

Taking the leap

Pema Chödrön:

"This is a work in progress, a process of uncovering our natural openness, uncovering our natural intelligence and warmth. I have discovered, just as my teachers always told me, that we already have what we need. The wisdom, the strength, the confidence, the awakened heart and mind are always accessible, here, now, always. We are just uncovering them. We are rediscovering them. We’re not inventing them or importing them from somewhere else. They’re here. That’s why when we feel caught in darkness, suddenly the clouds can part. Out of nowhere we cheer up or relax or experience the vastness of our minds. No one else gives this to you."

 

From: Taking the Leap

Sound

by Nirmala


truth is too simple for words
before thought gets tangled up in nouns and
verbs
there is a wordless sound
a deep breathless sigh
of overwhelming relief
to find the end of fiction
in this ordinary
yet extraordinary moment
when words are recognized
      as words
and truth is recognized
            as everything else 


from: www.poetry-chaikhana.com

Thoroughness

Inoma:


There is a clear consciousness of our own wholeness, our inherent completeness, in order to be free and to free one another.