My Religion is Love.

"Dear God,

This is my simple religion

no need for temple

 no need for complicated philosophy

 our own brain

our own heart

is our temple

the philosophy is kindness. "

(HH Dalai Lama)

Birds Of Feather.

"Zen enriches no one,

there's nobody to be found,

the birds may come and circle for a while,

but soon they go elsewhere,

when they are gone,

the no-thing, the no-body that was there,

suddenly appears,

that is Zen.

It was there all the time, but the scavengers missed it,

because it was not their kind of prey."

(Thomas Merton)



Raindrops.

Souls and raindrops

Light raindrops fall and wrinkle the sea

then vanish and die utterly

one would not know that rain drops fell

if the round sea wrinkles did not tell

So souls come down and wrinkle life

and vanish in the flesh sea strive

one might not know that souls had place

were 't not in the wrinkle of life's face.

(Sydeny Lanier)



Walking away.

"I died a mineral and became a plant

I died a a plant and rose to animal,

I died as animal and I was man,

Why should I fear?

When was I less by dying?"

(Rumi)



Madame Chen.

"Everything in the world is neutral,

only we gave them labels,

if we think it's good for us, then we label it positive,

if we think it's bad for us, then we label it negative.

There is nothing either good or bad,

but thinking make it so."

Monk.



"If you understand,

things are just as they are,

if you don't understand,

things are just as they are."

(Zen)

Rain.

"Our past is like footprints,

it just confirm that we were there,

no burden on our future does it bear

bring the rain,

clear the pane of clutter,"

(Jeb Deckerson)