Wisdom2be 8/28/22 Wisdom2be 8/28/22

“Little Me”by Keith Basar

Hey, I recognize these people — I think...

(I cling a little closer till the coast is clear)

My mom says everything’s just fine.

These people are family and friends.

Wisdom2be 8/15/22 Wisdom2be 8/15/22

"Holy Man" — Alok Jagawat

Word spread across the countryside about the wise Holy Man who lived in a small house atop the mountain. A man from the village decided to make the long and difficult journey to visit him. When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside.

Wisdom2be 8/7/22 Wisdom2be 8/7/22

"Putting It All Together" from The Sage's Tao Te Ching by William Martin

Many in our culture

regard youth as good

and old age as bad.

But is this true?

In the sage, youth and age are married.

Wisdom and folly have each been lived fully.

Innocence and experience now support one another.

Action and rest follow each other easily.

Life and death have become inseparable.

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Wisdom2be 7/17/22 Wisdom2be 7/17/22

“Authentic Awakening” by Amoda Maa

“Authentic awakening has nothing to do with the accumulation of good feelings or with identification with a role, albeit a spiritual one. It’s not about being happy when things are going your way; it’s about being anchored in the light of awareness, come what may.

Wisdom2be 7/10/22 Wisdom2be 7/10/22

"Man Of Tao" — Author Unknown

A student once asked, "What is the difference between a Man of Tao and a little man?"

The Zen Master replied, "It is simple. When the little man becomes a student, he can hardly wait to run home and shout at the top of his voice to tell everyone.

Wisdom2be 7/3/22 Wisdom2be 7/3/22

“Poet” by Keith Basar

Throughout human history, conscious or not, we humans are relentlessly drawn towards the magnetism of Holy Love. Of course, this Love could be echoed as truth, life, purpose and so forth. Throughout the ages wisdom texts and homilies have uttered it, stars have glistened it, the winds have harmonized it — combining every life element into an aspiring, insatiable longing to be one with perfect Love.

Wisdom2be 6/28/22 Wisdom2be 6/28/22

"Where is God?" by Rumi

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross,

but He was not there;

I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old pagoda,

but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched the mountains and the valleys

but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.

Wisdom2be 6/19/22 Wisdom2be 6/19/22

"Freedom" by Keith Basar

Do you know what freedom is?

An exiting of the 'nest of knowing',

a burrowing beyond what is,

soaring into life's uncharted mysteries.

Wisdom2be 6/12/22 Wisdom2be 6/12/22

House of Light by Mary Oliver

"House of Light" by Mary Oliver

“Still, what I want in my life

is to be willing

to be dazzled—

to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even…

Wisdom2be 6/5/22 Wisdom2be 6/5/22

Bodhi-Tree — Author Unknown

BODHIDHARMA left his robe and bowl to his chosen successor; and each patriarch thereafter handed it down to the monk that, in his wisdom, he had chosen as the next successor. Gunin was the fifth such Zen patriarch. One day he announced that his successor would be he who wrote the best verse expressing the truth of their sect. The learned chief monk of Gunin's monastery thereupon took brush and ink, and wrote in elegant characters:

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