(Slippery Rock Creek, PA. October 2007. © Robin)
You could find that courses of action appear to you out of nowhere just the way the next moment does. Your navigation could unfold by itself, and the universe might provide the beauty and happiness you seek. When you forget your carefully assembled fiction of who you are, you can find a natural delight in people, in the planet, the stones, and the trees. There is no observable limit to this beauty, and no one is excluded from it. Then, if you are fighting an enemy, you may be fighting them as well as you can, but you won’t be a true believer. You will know that an enemy is not truly other and that the fighting is some kind of misunderstanding. The worries that lead to quarrels may still be present, but they are not the main thing. Your problems could be a kind of dream, very powerful when you are in it, and yet a dream. You might notice that, even deep in dreaming, you are near to waking up. And the more you are awake, the kinder the world might seem.
~ John Tarrant
Visit the Pacific Zen Institute online for more of John Tarrant’s writings.
I love the color of the wood in the foreground. Such a cold blue, despite the water behind, I get the sense a cold mitten or glove might freeze to it.
It was cold in the shade, but not quite that cold.
I see what you mean. It almost looks frosted with ice.
Love the reflections in this one Robin – very nicely done!
Thanks, Truddle.
Wow, that’s a powerful thought.
I’m still mesmerized by yesterday’s photo of the runner. God, that’s an awesome shot.
Very powerful, Am. I read it yesterday and it was eye opening, to say the least.
Thank you very much. Glad you’re enjoying the beach shots.
Love the change in tones, it’s great.
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Thanks, R(etc…). Mother Nature provided the sun and shade.
How goes it in Bolivia?