Cloud Question

Clouds condense into being,
drift across the landscape,
and melt away like snow.

The shapes they make
and the course they follow
may go by unremarked.

Even so, how could the sky
be the same without them?

Money or Community

Money or community.
Which is more enduring?

Property or people.
Which is more valuable?

Greed or poverty.
Which is more crippling?

Following the Curve

I follow the curve
of the future and wonder
where it will take me.

But there is no destination.
There is only this
eternal moment now.

Seven Mystics

This one sits and discovers Tao.
That one finds the Divine in the stars.
This one awakes to Ultimate Reality.
That one encounters Yahweh in a fire.
This one sees God inside and out.
That one chokes and recites Allah.
This one knows the Universe is listening.

Seven Reasons to Sit

To rest.
To read.
To muse.
To wait.
To watch.
To listen.
To heal.

Three Circles

First is the circle of your voice.
Second is the circle of your fear.
Third is the circle of your mind.

The first offers you healing.
The second offers you insight.
The third offers you wisdom.

Greed and Gratitude

Greed says there's never enough.
Gratitude says there is more than enough.

Greed says I deserve more.
Gratitude says I have everything I need.

Greed says I should have it all.
Gratitude says I already have it all.

Charms and Horrors

We are always traveling
into daylight or into dark.

Both have their charms.
Both have their horrors.

First we learn how
to handle the horrors.

Then we learn how
to handle the charms.

Hidden Eternity

The past exists in time.
The future exists in time.

Only this moment is timeless.
That's where eternity hides.

Two People Inside

We are each
two people inside.

One is the person
we think we are.

The other is
the one we are.

Bringing these
two minds together
is the work of a lifetime.

Attention Span

We all want
to matter.

If you want people
to know who you are,
begin by learning
who they are.

Sin Carving

Sin doesn't separate me from God.
To be separate from God is impossible.

Sin is that place where I fail myself.
Its pain channels me away from suffering.

Tao uses my failings to carve me
into the being I already am.