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Tag Archives: zen
the big black hole
do you ever find yourself staring down a big black hole? and then from out of nowhere, cold water comes splashing down – breaking your concentration? yup, thats reality. lap it up.
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cat in tub, cat under dripping faucet, cats, depression, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, love, meditation, mourning, nature, poetry, reality, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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travelin’
stuck in a car, stuck in traffic, a gentle messenger pedals past. sometimes the fastest ways are in the slowest lanes.
Posted in Dao Dogs
Tagged art, bicycles, dog in a bicycle basket, freedom, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, maltese, poetry, shihtsu, shihtzu, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, toy dogs, traveling with dogs, zen
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looking up
things do not look up, we do!
cups
cups. It is their emptiness that is their usefulness. (or so we are taught by great sages.) especially when that emptiness is filled with Love. (which is always useful. nevertheless, they still need to be washed regularly.)
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cat in teacup, cats, feline art, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kitten in cup, Lao-tsu, Laotzu, line drawing, love, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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writing lesson
i sit trying to work. trying to write. to write words that speak to higher and lower places of longing and belonging. You sit on my lap. simply sitting. having no care for words at all. no longer longing, simply … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, dogs at work, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, pets and keyboards, poetry, simply sitting, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, wordsmithing, writers, writing, zazen, zen
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states of being
sweet dreams we are called to dream – we are also called to WAKE-UP!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged cat on pillow, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, feline, feline assisted therapy, ink brush painting, interspirituality, love, meditation, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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seen
he passes by my door, close. by the door. we call him the raccoon cat, he is wild, and of the woods and swamps. and he looks right in, and sees me. it is startling to really be seen, with … Continue reading
helping
you’re not helping… what do you mean i’m not helping? of course i am! the real question is… what am i helping you do!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, assistance, calico cats, cat, cats, compassion, eco-chaplaincy, helping, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, patience, peace, poetry, sewing, sewing machine, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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