It is not always easy to communicate, even with the ones you love or yourself. Difficulties arise with words, tones, emotions, intent, etc. Moreover, unfortunately, one misstep usually turns into an avalanche. Emotions are mixed. Words become useless. In the…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Communication and Anti-Communication
Tagged with: a picture is worth a thousand words, Anti-Communication, Buddhism, Communication, dis-honesty, harmonious, harmony, honesty, honesty is the best policy, langauge, Right Speech, symbolic interactionism, truth, words
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Sunflower Strong
Thunder! Grey skies roll, pouring rain upon the earth. Sunflower endures .
One Voice
Grass grows among cracks, Wind blowing moves leaves and chaff. Once a green sea gone. Rolling thunderheads of black- One voice against future tide.
Tagged with: Dr. Seuss, environmentalism, forest, harmony, Lorax, moral play, nature, Once-ler, Onceler, simplicity, spring, strength, symbology, Tanka, Theodor Seuss Geisel, trees, Truffula
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Hands Stained with Soil
Sweet potato meek- Humble worker in field. Serendipity.
Tagged with: Buddha, common man, community, emotions, farming, fellowship, field, growth, Haiku, humble, modesty, nature, pathway, peace, serendipity, simplicity, strength, sweet potato
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
The Silk Road
The Silk Road was a series of routes leading from China to Western Civilization. Used primarily as trade routes, these heavily used pathways also allowed the transmission of Buddhism, Taoism, and other religious and cultural practices along its great length.…
Tagged with: Buddha, Buddhism, China, Dunham Caves, fellowship, individual, Islam, journey, Mogao Caves, pathway, reflection, self, shrine, Silk Road, Sugong, walking, walking meditaition
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
A Perspective of Peace
Much as conflict and war, peace is one of the most debated subjects in the social arena. Ranging from the total cessation of violence or conflict in the Western thought to the balance of harmony and needs of Eastern thought,…
Tagged with: community, diplomacy, Dr. King, ethics, Ghandi, lasting peace, life, Marx, non-conflict, non-violence, pathway, peace, perspective, reflection, self, social reality, symbology, transcendance
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
The Throne Shook
Governance on high, Viewing fixed on vast vistas. Justification- Single voice protest intrudes. Into the mud they are flung.
Tagged with: collapse, community, Dr. Suess, ethics, Governance, Haiku, King, moral play, politics, protest, stagnaition, Tanka, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Turtle, Yertle
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Kinyonga
Strife-hiding away- Sunlight plays on jeweled light. Emotions on sleeve.
Robben Island
Located off the South Western tip of South Africa, Robben Island is an unlikely place to find solace. Used for centuries as a prison and center for slave trade, the island has been the long term “home” of political prisoners…
Tagged with: Bishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Cape Town, emotions, individual, Jacob Zuma, journey, meditaition, Nelson Mandela, prayer, reflection, rememberence, Robben Island, self, solitude, South Africa
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Nian Xióng Hall 