Possible

What makes you think
you're suspended
between heaven and hell?

There is no heaven without love.
There is no hell without pain.

How ironic that suffering
makes compassion possible.

Intentional

Everything in the universe
changes the universe around it.
We are all agents of change.

It doesn't matter what
changes we're making.

What matters is whether
we know we're making them.

Live intentionally.

Beauty Secret

Where does beauty come from?

Is it built in, or do we add it later
by the ways we choose to see?

If it is built in, all art flows from Tao.
If we add it later, all art is just forgery.

Saved!

It is not our sins
that God blots out
to save us.

It is our fears.

Silence and Beauty

Silence and beauty
beget one another.

Is this why flowers
need no voice?

Is this why mountains
need no tongue?

Rock Light

To see
light in
a rock
is to see
light in
anything.

Even in
our enemies.

Even in
each other.

Even in
ourselves.

Thread

Threading our way through life
from birth to death is both
a solitary and a communal weaving.

Separateness. Individuality.
Cooperation. Community.
Fibers woven into every thread.

Many strands. One cloth.

No Barrier

No barrier will hold
nature at bay forever.

No fear will keep
love out in the end.

Above

We put ourselves above others
as if such a thing were possible.

It is not.

Arrogance is rooted in fear.
Humility is rooted in Tao.

Being Awake

Being awake
is more than
being aware
of what is
going on
around me.

Being awake
also means
being aware
of what is
going on
inside me.

This is why
true wakefulness
is so rare.

Flowers in Heaven?

Why would flowers
need to go to heaven?

Isn't their earthly life of
transient glory enough?

Apparently not so
for my ego.

Enter Heaven

More connects us
than divides us.

We are never as alone
as we think we are.

Our fears keep us
from seeing this.

Our pride keeps us
from admitting this.

Give up fear and self
and enter heaven.