Like a buddha

Like a Buddha
I do the dishes
and empty my cup

A knowing (but who is it)

There is a knowing
A presence
There is a thought
An assumption
that I am more
than I AM

There is a search
Who is the seeker
Stop
Ask yourself
"Who am I"

there is not an answer
Only a deep knowing
within

ordinary change

In the moment we start to recognize
That there is a gradual change
In our heart
When we sit still

Then
And only then
Do we stop and listen
To the bird's song
or the raindrops

The Tao of LazyLion

Too lazy to fix the world
I let the world take care of itself
Not waiting for the world to change
I follow the rhythm of Tao
Listening quietly to the raindrops
Falling on the tin roof outside the meditation hall
I sit comfortably in Zazen

The world is at it is
If we try to change it
We have already lost it
We are changing an idea
In our own mind

Follow the way
Be content with who you are
Try to change nothing
Full acceptance of the moment

- Lasse Petersen

Bound
Deep in my heart
is a Truth
It calls me on

The mountain flowers

The mountain flowers bloom
In the mountain mist, my heart opens
The lark greets my return at dawn

breaking the cycle

In the absence of me
My soul mourns
Longing for me to return

I have been long on my way
Trying to reach the unreachable
To tame the anger in me
But with no success

It feels like waves
Coming in on a deserted beach
They appear
Then disappear

I flow in and out of time
In and out of presence
In and out of consciousness

But
Right now

I am aware