There are many types of love. There are many expressions of love. To pigeon hole yourself into what your parents had or what society believes you should have is possible but paints the world with grayer colors. That is unless…
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The Looking
Tagged with: facets, finding love, journey, life, love, pigeon hole, self, silence
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Live a Day
As the day draws close, Sacrifice to raise the sun. Perfect blossom gone.
Tagged with: cherry blossom, emotions, Haiku, living int he moment, loss, love, reflection, silence, solitude, sorrow, the future
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Cloud Mountain Retreat
Cloud Mountain Retreat is a non-sectarian Buddhist center located in southwest Washington. Situated on 15 acres of wooded land approximately 60 miles north of Portland Oregon, Cloud Mountain was conceived and built with the goal of providing groups and individuals…
Tagged with: Bhanana, Buddhism, Buddhist Meditation, Cloud Mountain, Cloud Mountain Retreat, Dana, retreat, SIla, silence, the Retreat
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Far Paths
Pathways to insight- Stretching off into the far. Paper, light and air, Stone and earth, world turning round. All laid out in memory.
Tagged with: academics, desert walking, enlightenment, experience, Haibun, insight, journey, memory, pathway, see the worl, self, silence, sitting meditation, walking meditation, wood
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Night Trips
Darkness in the room- Soft glow from under the door. Restless half dreams press. Powerless…forlorn- Lost in the recent past. Wandering confined. The air warms brighter. Stillness broken by nature- The day begins old.
Rila, Bulgaria
The Rila area of Bulgaria hold numerous areas that hold an appeal to those looking for walking meditation, quiet solitude or a place of hermitage. Rila, thought to be of Thracian origin, means “well-watered mountain” and its connection to the…
Tagged with: Bulgaria, Dzherman River, Eastern Orthodox, hermatige, journey, monestery, mountain, nature, quiet solitude, reflection, Rila, Rila Monastery, Saint Ivan, Saint Ivan of Rila, self, Seven Rila Lakes, silence, St. Ivan, Thracian, walking meditation, water
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Winter Blossoms
Chill blanket of white- Cloaks forest and field alike. Pink promise of spring.
Tagged with: cold, emotion, faith, Four Gentlemen, Haiku, harmony, hope, journey, late winter, meihua, plum, plum blossom, promise, Prunus mume, seasons, silence, snow, symbology, Three Friends of Winter, ume, winter
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
*copied from the UNESCO World Hearitage Site* Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected…
Tagged with: Ashoka, Ashoka pillar, birthpalace, Buddha, Buddhist, faith, fellowship, gardens, history, hope, journey, King Suddodhana, Lord Buddha, Lumbini, meditaition, monastaries, monk, Nepal, pilgrimage, Queen Mayadevi, reflection, Shakya Prince Siddharta Gautama, shrines, Siddhartha, silence, suptas, temples, viharas
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Posted in Locations
Patience Flowing
Patience is a virtue. Most people have heard this at one point or another, usually in the midst of a crisis. Patience is, in many ways, the first step towards understanding that by living in the moment, we can find…
