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Hazy Dawn

I’m drowning in my thoughts

by DOC

I’m drowning in my thoughts

My eyes are open but I cannot see

I want to feel the rain, quench the thirst

I want to float in silence

But the noise in my head drowns it

Let me feel my clothes dry

In our golden sun.

Let me be awakened.
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Meditate on the Five Remembrances

Meditate on the Five Remembrances, which asks us to reflect on the nature of reality and our actions.

• There is no way to escape aging. I too will grow old.
• There is no way to escape physical degeneration. My body too will weaken.
• There is no way to escape death. I too will die.
• Everything and everyone changes; we must part even from loved ones.
• My deeds are always with me as propensities. Only my karma.

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Music Video for Pete Lawrie. Created by Hettie Griffiths and Rob Jarvis

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The Summer Day
By Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean- Read more…

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Benches on Kennedy Boulevard East in North Bergen.

“Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath.”

- Lewis Thomas

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Open Your Own Treasure House

Daiju visited the master Baso in China. Baso asked: “What do you seek?”

“Enlightenment,” replied Daiju.

“You have your own treasure house. Why do you search outside?” Baso asked.

Daiju inquired: “Where is my treasure house?”

Baso answered: “What you are asking is your treasure house.”

Daiju was delighted! Ever after he urged his friends: “Open your own treasure house and use those treasures.”

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