Wisdom2be 9/5/22 Wisdom2be 9/5/22

"No-Mind" by Sokei-an Sasaki

One day I wiped out all the notions from my mind. I gave up all desire. I discarded all the words with which I thought and stayed in quietude. I felt a little queer—as if I were being carried into something, or as if I were touching some power unknown to me . . . and Ztt! I entered. I lost the boundary of my physical body…

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.