“The Truth fills the world” The Truth fills the world, but to whom is Truth known? You ask so much of It, but It isn’t separate from yourself. You believe in the world, you claim your daily bread as your own. How long will you keep up your lie? You know it’s not like…
Category: Impermanence
SHORT ZEN POEMS: “This body’s lifetime is like a bubble’s” (impermanence)
This body’s lifetime is like a bubble’s
may as well let things go
plans and events seldom agree
who can step back doesn’t worry
POEMS: “Standing deer” (on impermanence)
Standing Deer As the house of a person in age sometimes grows cluttered with what is too loved or too heavy to part with, the heart may grow cluttered. And still the house will be emptied, and still the heart. As the thoughts of a person in age sometimes grow sparer, like a great cleanness…
HAIKU POEMS: (LEARNING IMPERMANCE) “A child at play” (Aprendiendo Impermanencia: “Un niño jugando”) This poem is dedicated in memory to my dad
“Learning Impermanence: A child at play” “A child at play” Soap bubbles floating Only Few seconds of joy: And… Puff! They’re gone!… Amira This poem is dedicated in memory to my dad who used to read me a story called “Watching a child’s play” by José Enrique Rodó (Uruguay) P.S. I will…
A story from Uruguay: “Watching a child play” José Enrique Rodó (“Mirando jugar a un niño”) A story my dad used to read to me
The child played in the garden of the house with a crystal glass that, in the humid atmosphere of the afternoon, a ray of sun torn, like a prism.
21 Tips to awaken your soul and shake your life (21 Consejos para despertar tu alma y sacudir tu vida)
21 Tips to awaken your soul and shake your life (translated from Spanish) 1. Do not overreact !: Whatever they do to you, whatever you are told, whether they adulate you or attack you, just let it flow and DO NOT overreact. Thus you will cut off the Karma that envelops this aggression, and…
INSPIRATIONAL LEGENDS: “The King’s Ring” (Leyendas inspiracionales: “El anillo del Rey”)
Once, a king from a not too distant country gathered the wise men of his court and told them:
POEMS: “Everything that has a beginning has an end” (Quote by Buddha) poem by Trina Graves
Some people enjoy enhancing nature
Planting various seeds into a flower-pot
They nurture and appreciate the beauty
Whether a lavender bush or forget-me-not
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Nothing stays the same” by Trina Graves
In this constant journey that is our life
Nothing stays the same
Whoever we are, whatever we do, Nothing stays the same
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Poem of life”
Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be,
A resting place along the road,
POEMS: “This Quiet Dust Was Gentlemen And Ladies” by Emily Dickinson (about death & impermanence)
This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladies
And lads and girls;
Was laughter and ability and sighing,
ANCIENT WISDOM QUOTES FROM HERACLITOS
“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”
