“I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things if you believe that you see firm land anywhere in the ocean of Becoming and Passing. You need names for things, just as if they had a rigid permanence,…
Category: Impermanence
“Say I am” by Nisargadatta
Learn to distinguish the immovable in the movable, the unchanging in the changing, till you realize that all differences are in appearance only and oneness is a fact. This basic identity—you may call God, or Brahman, or the matrix (Prakriti), the words matter little—is only the realization that all is one. Once you can say…
POEMS: “There Is Nothing Permanent Except Change” by Trina Graves
There Is Nothing Permanent Except Change March 18, 2020 Trina GravesLeave a comment Quote Title: Heraclitus Change is an inherent part of life We are here to experience and grow There is nothing permanent except change Is a Higher Truth many don’t know All physical life begins and ends We’re temporarily here to be Accepting this…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Thee and me in all things” by J. Krishnamurti
“Thee and me in all things” I have been a wanderer long In this world of transient things. I have known the passing pleasures thereof. As the rainbow is beautiful, But soon vanishes into nothingness, So have I known, From the very foundation of the world, The passing away of all things Beautiful, joyous and…
INSPIRATIONAL LEGENDS: “The King’s Ring” (from a previous post). Leyendas inspiracionales: “El anillo del Rey” (de una previa publicación)
Once, a king from a not too distant country gathered the wise men of his court and told them:
SUFI POEMS: “The Truth fills the world” by Yunus Emre
“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…
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…
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
