Dharma of the Day

Dharma of the Day, Poetic Prose, Poetry

Dharma of the Day #10

The little surprises of life

Are the bounty

With which the universe

Sweetens

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When things seem hard

The Dao sends us flowers

For us to inhale

Fragrant

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Amidst all the hubris

Petals fall cadent

Upon the breeze

Lightness

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Wait only for the flute

And its subtle keys

It caresses your being

Listening

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When your spirit flags

It is your salve

And your nectar

Soothing

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Let the cosmos

Be your nurse

And your healer

Starlight

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Open your palms

And take your alms

Humble and secure

Belonging

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To find your place

Which always awaits

A monkey puzzle

Pendant

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To ease back on tension

And to trust

Abandon to your Soul

Willingly

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Then like a leaf in a stream

You can eddy

And dance the currents

Free

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Have no fear of weirs

They are man made

Rivers know so much more

Wisdom

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Journey always

With open heart

For it has a succour

Most subtle

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Be as fluid as now

And do this often

A silken scarf, blowing

No aim

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Ease off those shoulders

Breathe in and out

Especially out

Exhale

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Now find your most

Authentic centre

And become, truly

A Star!!

Cause & Effect, Dharma of the Day, Personal Development

Dharma of the Day #3

do not see apparent adversity as bad

rather see it as doorway, a garland

with which to decorate the new

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within every challenge can be found

a seed which might germinate

into new experience and knowledge

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all seeds whilst they are rooting

need careful care and attention

and newly sprouted stems

need to be rotated else they acquire bias

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the germination of knowledge

is an act of love

which when tended, brings bounty

it is an act of receptivity to the spirit

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knowledge which arrives quickly

is not so profound as that which

takes longer to mature,

much like vintage wine aged in its cask

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vintage wine has more nuance

than that fresh from the vine

it has more depth and a subtle aroma

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when wisdom arrives

it is like an old slipper

familiar to the foot

and slightly battered around the edges

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it is not possible to attain wisdom

in the absence of trial

for all things have a price

only this one seems to be of better value

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in learning to tend a garden

one learns much about Dao

and rhythm and seasoning

it makes one a better cook

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in the Zen of gardening

hurry and haste are soon found

not to have any place

complete absorption in the moment

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in this manner one learns much

about the present

inherent in any gift of power

and all about, economy

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better to tend a small garden well

than to take on a country estate

beauty in the small

heals the heart

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in tending a garden

one tends one’s own heart

this teaches one

a sense of inner love

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And what could be wrong with that?

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ॐ, buddhism, Cause & Effect, Dharma of the Day, Karma

self importance is a root cause of suffering

both for the self

and the others you inflict it upon

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your self image is a pack of lies

insistence upon its reality

causes suffering and impedes evolution

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if you are sure you are not being separative

then in your conviction

you most certainly are

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unless omniscience is a quality you own

behaving as if you have the consciousness of a God

is inconsistent with reality

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the wisdom of humanity

is an oxymoron

in nearly every case

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pride and arrogance are also

root causes of suffering

they stem from the same germ

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the desire for and enactment of revenge

not only causes dual suffering

it is one of the most karmically damaging things a being can do

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clinging in all its forms suffocates

better to release a dove from a cage

than to watch it wither and die

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living a redemptive life

not only eases suffering

but gains karmic merit

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whilst karmic debt persists

enlightenment is not possible

and rebirth consequently inevitable

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power over another being is an illusion

such illusory power is corporeal

and therefore has no reality

at the level of the dreamer there is no such thing

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the primal root of all suffering

is individuating identity upon carnation

all beings resent this

few have sufficient knowledge to see this

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emptying the cup of karma removes all suffering

this is the way to Bodhi mind

and eventual liberation

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actions beget karma

redemptive action works this off

there is no other way