We’re

increasingly

constrained by computers…

a pixelated abridgement of reality that make

us blind to the complexity of the natural world…

our physical movements have been almost

entirely removed as a factor in our

own existence. Now all we

seem to do is press

buttons.

 

Alexander Langlands

 

 

The

heavens allowed me

To settle myself

On a small piece of land

Looking into the distance

Digging far down

I delight in my own freedom

All who come here

Feel the lids fall

From their eyes

This view

Of the world without end

There is nowhere

to hide

 

Muso Soseki

 

 

All things are set

on a nonabiding basis. The nonabiding basis is

based on nonabiding. If you can reach a thorough understanding

of this, then all things are One Suchness, and you cannot

find even the slightest signs

of abiding. 

 

The whole of

your present activities and behavior

is nonabiding. Once the basis is clear to you,

it will be like having eyes: the sun is shining brightly,

and you can see all kinds of colors and

forms. Isn’t this the mainspring of

transcendent wisdom?

 

Yongjia said,

“Without leaving wherever you are,

there is constant clarity.” No words come closer

to the truth than these. If you start seeking, then we know

that you are unable to see. Just cut off any duality between

“wherever you are” and “constant clarity,” and make

yourself peaceful and serene. Avoid concocting

intellectual understanding and seeking.

As soon as you seek, it is like

grasping at shadows.

 

Yuanwu

hasui kawase

 

Let him say

whatever he wants against me.

Let whoever come and say whatever.

Or let them worship me, bringing

their souls here like

flowers.

 

I’m not part of any of that.

 

Lalla

 

 

In the

pursuit of learning, 

every day something is added. 

In the pursuit of tao, every day something

is dropped. Less and less is done,

until one arrives at

non-action. 

 

When

nothing is done, 

nothing is left undone. 

The world is won by letting

things take their own course. 

If you still have ambitions,

it’s out of your

reach. 

 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 48

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Let

your mind wander

in the pure and simple. Be one

with the infinite. Let all

things take their

course.

 

Zhuangzi