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March 01, 2012

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"Things of the past are already gone.
and things to be distant beyond imagining.
The Tao is just this moment, these words:
plum blossoms fallen; gardenia just opening."

Ch'ing Kung
The Mountain Dwelling ( 14th c)

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The indigenous Pakeha

"I was not the first man to arrive here. He came from somewhere else. I bought the land from someone who bought the land from someone who bought the land from someone who probably stole it. The sun rises in the east. The weather comes in from the west. I drink tea in China. My neighbour's fog still barks at me, I think he is Alsatian. Either I don't belong to anyone, Or else I'm indigenous everywhere. From "The indigenous Pakeha" Glenn Colquhoun

What is Not

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends. We turn clay to make a vessel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house; But it is on the spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends. Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, so we should recognise the usefulness of what is not. Lao Tzu

Ephemeral Time

This morning, I read a post by Quinn McDonald, a creativity coach and artist based in Arizona, on the subject of "this too shall pass". ( link here http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/ ) Shortly after reading her post, the Bob Dylan song "To Ramona" came into my mind, with the lines "everthing passes, everything changes, just do what you think you should do". I couldn't find the original on youtube, but instead found this rsther lovely cover by David Grey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJ34LL1CwA&feature=youtube_gdata_player I've alwsys loved the depth of Bob Dylan's lyrics. Here's another line I love from To Ramona: "there's no one can beat you, no one to mistreat you 'cept the thought of yourself feeling bad". How true. Its not events, but our thoughts about them thst leave us feeling bad. The picture below was taken at 8.30 this Sunday morning at the Wicklow Gap. Its a bright sunny day. The snow will have melted no...

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