We are a wave appearing on the surface of the ocean. The body of a wave does not last very long – perhaps only ten to twenty seconds. The wave is subject to beginning and ending, to going up and coming down. The wave may be caught in the idea that ‘I am here now,…
Category: Impermanence
MYSTICAL POEMS: “The search” by Jiddu Krishnamurti
The Search 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 pleasurable. As the moon…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “In the realm of the passing away” by Stephen Levine
In the realm of the passing away… This is the realm of the passing away. All that exists does not for long. Whatever comes into this world never stops sliding toward the edge of eternity. Form arises from formlessness and passes back, arising and dissolving in a few dance steps between creation and…
A wisdom quote on impermanence by Heraclitus
“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,…
“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…
