God Beauty Perfection Love :: Synonyms
To a practitioner of Tendai (Buddhism), everything is wonderful. ~ Saiko
Within the broken lies beauty Within the lost lies discovery Within the weary lies resolve Within the abandoned lies self-reliance Within the battered lies strength Within the suffering lies wisdom Within the humiliated lies humility And so it goes, on and on, The teacher and the lesson. When I originally […]
We seek a love which will make us whole; Such a burden we place upon those we love. So I work to become whole in myself, Hoping the lightness in my being Leaves no burden for others to carry.
I envelop myself in words In the dreams and visions they evoke In the taste of them on my tongue I tingle as they brush across my lips Tremble as they form in my chest A rumble larger than myself While they wind a path through my mind Illuminating this […]
Often, even a prolonged search appears fruitless But look among the discards For the unsought fruit So often sweeter, more fulfilling Than the one intended. Seeking is an act of desire, Discovery, an act of vision. Disentangled from objectives, Seeking always bears fruit.
If you feel hatred, feel the anger that powers it. If you feel anger, feel the fear that motivates it. If you feel fear, feel the pain that underlies it. If you feel pain, heal the part of you that feels it. Pain is the crucible in which all […]
When I choose to live in my fear, my anger, my hate I see the world through eyes that fear I hear the song of anger in every note I taste hatred as if all sustenance were the bitterest root In my mind I place the world of power, control […]
It is through our perception of this realm of manifestation And our will to reason about all we perceive That we learn to believe in opposites. Beauty & Ugliness Love & Hatred Good & Evil Only words. Only names for the unnameable. The concepts they speak of, Only manifestations of […]
We are always changing, But only to become ourselves. What we leave behind was not ours. What we carry forward is, if only for the moment. Sometimes a backward glance clarifies what was, what remains, what will be.
Forgive Forgiving lifts two burdens One carried by the forgiven One carried by the forgiver
