Reclusland

The cycle of life does not allow static fulfillment.

(via Astroinquiry)

Wisps of cloud flow by

Foam on an ocean of sky

My head opens wide

Q: It seems to me that we don’t always know what the words that we use mean. For example, everybody uses the word “meditation.” What does it mean–not only its definition, but what is included in that word; to what does it correspond?

A: Rinpoche would like to make it clear that the term “meditation” is used in the English language–but, personally, he has no idea what it really means. He is just repeating the word he has been taught by some translators. In Tibetan, the word corresponding to meditation, “sgom,” actually means “becoming familiar” or “familiarizing.”

(from the incomparable Intense City)

I have to remember to be sure to taste my own actions, fully.

If I cannot taste them fully, then I do not know their root.

If I do not know their root, I cannot know their result.

If I do not know their result, I am acting blindly.

If I act blindly, then who knows what will be put into play by my hand?

Everything should be made to taste as artfully as possible.

But only “as possible”, not beyond.