Tag Archives: zen

Flight

Posted on February 14, 2016 by eteal

in front of me is the meadow, hundreds of tiny birds are in the grass… i enter into the sunlight – everything around me takes flight.

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i could stand here all day and no one would notice standing in alb and apron, still, sideways to the world, watching through mirrors and windows as trucks pass and bicycles and dogs. still. standing. fragments of a world in turmoil … Continue reading →

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side by side

Posted on February 9, 2016 by eteal

we do not have to see eye to eye to stand side by side.

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reflections

Posted on February 3, 2016 by eteal

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peering

Posted on January 16, 2016 by eteal

today at the table was much joy and much sorrow. and peering over the edge of the table is You! reminding me that under it all is Hope.

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commonalities

Posted on January 10, 2016 by eteal

I see you! We have the same color eyes! Yes, but you have fur and i have feathers – I see YOU! we have the same colour claws! Yes, but mine retract and yours are talons. I see You. we … Continue reading →

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underfoot

Posted on December 31, 2015 by eteal

long legged cat, you keep turning me back, like my past – always underfoot. tripping me up as i try and move forward – the old year passes, and i shall make no new resolutions – (the earth turns, but … Continue reading →

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Please

Posted on December 21, 2015 by eteal

please, may i? just for a moment – have a moment? there is only this moment. now. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! thank you. a cookie would be nice too……..

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landings

Posted on December 18, 2015 by eteal

i sit and watch a bird sitting in a bush, in as much as a bird can sit. i will watch with you, but i do not sit – i perch, or stand or fly. but all of us watch, … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on December 13, 2015 by eteal

live in the question.

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Posted in Blessings | Tagged art, black cat, cat, cats, deep inquiry, doubt, enzo, faith, ink brush, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, spiritual inquiry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, wisdom, zen | Leave a comment

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Flight

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Standing

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