Views

Stirrings
watching the mind
can I live without views
without them the world goes so fast
settle.

Last Tuesday

Today is Tuesday
I awoke after a long sleep
brimming with secrets about life.

The secret of happiness
is the middle path,
breathing, and mindfulness.

Taking refuge is important, it’s about direction,
navigation and intention.
Impermanence comes first
really seeing it for yourself,
everything is in a constant state of flux.
I am not what I was yesterday an hour ago or even a second ago.

All this will pass away.
Good bad or indifferent.
Nothing lasts.

Fragile and precious
this one life is a gift
possibility to change one’s mind
to tame the elephant
for the sake of myself and others.

Seeing the truth of things
even through a glass darkly
is a step
perhaps the only step
one takes in life

Not to have an intention
to wander in the mindless valley
is to be prey to that which always lies in wait
constant vigilance
every moment counted

Breathing in and letting go
only this
constantly considering the plight of myself
and others
is all that matters

The world can offer nothing substantial
all foundations are creaking under
the weight of skyscraper theories
built on the shifting desert sand
constantly threatened by angry tides

Beyond all this lies sublime
the truth of things
indescribable true nature
brimming with bright light
welcoming home the weary traveler

The only necessary thing is to
see the truth of things
in the stillness and the silence
when the madness stops
and the fairground lights go out

Nothing outside
only awakening the that which is known
that seed of truth which can only be experienced
watered with constant attention
sunlit with compassion and wisdom
brought to fruition in perfect time.

Prayer
Taking Refuge
I take refuge in the Wise Ones of all traditions
I take refuge in their teachings and the paths they have followed
I take refuge in the communities in which they are embodied even unto this day

Dedication
May all beings be happy and create the causes of happiness.
Free from suffering and from creating the causes of suffering.
Find that blissful happiness.
Attain compassion towards friends and enemies.

Meditation
Spend whatever time in letting go, relaxing, being.

Gratitude
Express gratitude and repeat the Dedication.

or if you like:

Our Father
remind us who we are
give us bread for today
forgive us as we forgive
for we are fragile
but not alone.

Crow in the Red Sky Morning

waking
portents
learning
living

morning red sky
tales from old times
converting things
in the stillness

warning from the shepherds
something in the telling
suffering into joy
soaking in the silence

perhaps there’s something more to it
passed from parents to their children
working with the seeds inside you
giving in to relaxation

wonder
wisdom
breathing
smiling

cawing

raucous sounding

letting the others know

crowing about your achievements

futile

Almost Got Away

Today's Gift...

Walking by the River Yesterday ^*

Walking
river
silence
flowing
today

by the river
one word too much
thousands of years
needing to talk

considering who dies
teaching me the way home
return to the centre
constant companion
knowing you will hear me

belonging to the universe
bringing me back to the present
many words are never enough
always changing always the same
even after all these years

always
always
silence
true friend
speaking.





^{* A new way of working was gifted me today. There is a crown cinquain here, it seems it can be all about the layout. Probably hundreds of cinquains can be composed from these lines. I need to do the maths.}
Fortunately an email to the kind owner of the site http://www.askamathematician.com revealed the answer is to be 120 or 5 factorial (5!).

Same Path - New every day...

Three jewels
new day unfolding
where did yesterday go
certainty melts with the morning
renew.