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Tag Archives: dogs
Ownership
Please take ownership! I am not your rescue or your child. I am your companion and your friend – I am a part of your family that will never end – after I die, I will live in your heart, the … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged adopted dog, animals, art, companion, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, freedom, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, ownership, poetry, rescue dog, spirituality, sumi-e
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Dao Dog
Running, neither chased nor chasing, Running along the path.
Posted in zen dog
Tagged animals, art, chased, chasing, Dao, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, flow, freedom, ink brush meditiation, inter-species spirituality, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, running, sumi-e, tao, Tao character
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Mother’s pride vs fear
Do you want to see the Baby? (thinking they could jump the fence easily, small panic set in) And then from in the shadows something moved…… Oh, you were asking me…….oh, look… What a lovely baby! wagging tails … Continue reading
Following
Posted in The Now, zen dog
Tagged animals, Christianity, daily practice, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, father's day, fathers, following, gratitude, Hinduism, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, nature, religion, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, walking, zen
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Loss and Find
I move a bookcase and there you are and I find a toy. once treasured and carried I find a toy once treasured and carried. now you are gone, and it is here a reminder in the shadows of love.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, blessings, Cavalier King Charles, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, faith, grief, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, loss, love, nature, poetry, Spaniel, spirituality, sumi-e
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heart shaped
a heart shaped nose let’s me know’I know nothing. who cares that your nose is cold – your heart is warm.
Posted in Blessings
Tagged animals, bhakti, Christianity, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, faith, Hinduism, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, nature, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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buds
All buds bloom – some flower into friendships
Posted in zen dog
Tagged acceptance, best friends, BFF, blooms, buds, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, flower, friendship, friendships, interspirituality, love, poetry, poodle, sumi-e, tao, terrier, tolerance, zen
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confuzzled
I am old. I can not see you. I get confuzzleded. I seem confused. Yet, I still know You. and I still know Love.
Posted in The Now
Tagged aging, alzheimers, animals, bhakti, dementia, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, elderly, Hinduism, hope, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Illuminate the darkness
Out like a light they shine and illuminate the darkness.
Posted in zen dog
Tagged animals, children and pets, darkness, depression cures, dog, dogs, dream, eco-spirituality, faith, hope, illuminate, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, Should dogs sleep in bed?, sleep, spirituality, sweet dreams, tao, zen
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