“With An Apology to Buson”
Aspiration:
the song of my heart
leaving my heart.
(With an apology to Buson.)
Facets of a Diamond – Blog
“To Paint from the Hara”
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Ethical behavior:
when we see the other
as our mother of love.
“Creativity is Being Breathed by Amida”
Creativity is not just the doing, but the taking in and then the doing. The chi, the spirit, being breathed in, and then being breathed out. An act of Creativity is a breath cycle of Amida. She breathes into us as Inspiration and then out again as Aspiration.
Creativity is being breathed by Amida.
“Creativity Is…”
Creativity is still meditation (Inspiration)
and then action meditation (Aspiration).
“An Act of Creativity”
An act of Creativity
is the Inspiration
returned to the Spirit World
as Aspiration.
“I Have Beheld Many Trees”
Herodotus wrote that Xerxes on his march to Greece “came across a plane-tree of such beauty that he was moved to decorate it with golden ornaments and to appoint a guardian for it in perpetuity.”*
Well, I have beheld many such trees. I cannot decorate them – except with my emanation – but I photograph them as a tribute, and show their enshrined images to others.
“We Endure for the Spirit Within”
We endure our lives of anguish
for the spirit within.
The sage knows this,
and accepts,
that his life is altruistic.
“A Breath Cycle Metaphor”
Every act of Creativity
is a breath cycle metaphor
of Inspiration and Aspiration.
“According to the Karmic Plan”
It is one thing that through a medium you come to know that your mother is still “alive” and loving you. But quite another to become aware, convinced, that you have many guides controlling your life according to the Karmic Plan.
