Impermanence does not necessarily lead us to suffering. Without impermanence, life could not be. Without impermanence, your daughter could not grow into a beautiful young lady. Without impermanence, oppressive political regimes would never change. We think impermanence makes us suffer....
Every time we take a step, we fall forward. Every time we understand something new, our inner world has to rebalance itself. The perpetual motion machine that is the world runs not on symmetry, but on asymmetry. Without asymmetry, nothing...
To Look at Any Thing To look at any thing If you would know that thing You must look at it long: To look at this green and say, ‘I have seen spring in these Woods,’ will not do—you must...
Inside This Clay Jug Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains, and the maker of canyons and pine mountains! All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars. The magic stone that turns base metal...
Suddenly or subtly there’s a blast that surrounds you or descends on you, thoughts vanish, the bottom drops out beneath your feet, the surround like a tidal wave blasts everything away. And for a moment or moments, however long it...
The verse from this Hafez poem that struck me most was, “Even if the flood of materialism drowns everything, do not sink into sadness, because Noah is your captain.” We each need to build our own ark to carry us...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.
