It seems it is easier to contemplate impermanence these days.
I rest in the breath. Believing I lack concentration I turn my attention to the breathing-body process.
Something is lacking and soon I'm diving in and out the teachings of the Daodejing.
Take a backward step. The last factors of anapanasati are the gate to Silent Illumination.
Fading away: the need to provide an answer to an uncertain future, or to post a blog comment.
Cessation: attachments, words, needs, explanations, the wanting to be this and not wanting to be that.
Relinquishment: every instant is new, starting afresh, not concluded, not conditioned.
Then, back in the world, acting, speaking, moving.
Wind, old leaves in the trees become inocent children chasing each other, indifferent to external conditions.
And that light...
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The world starts to slow
ReplyDeletefor nature's meditation.
Autumn - take a breath!
Can't make a haiku
ReplyDeleteImages scurry like leaves
Stuck! But life goes on...
You two are really good.
ReplyDeleteDo you count the words?
Ha ha have a ni ce day
Dusk falls early now -
ReplyDeleteTime to count those syllables!
Or words? Life goes 音 ...
There was a young prince of the Shakyas,
ReplyDeleteWho came up with a way to relax us,
He ne'er wrote a book nor a cash offering took,
As a means to transcend income taxes.
There was a man made prince by a bunch of writers and storytellers.
ReplyDeleteThey took the cash offerings
we pay the taxes
(and, as we can see, we are going to do it for a long time)