step back from conventional perceptions

demand justice for the beautiful soulful human that was tyre nichols

 

You

must constantly step

back from conventional perceptions and

worldly entanglements to move along on your own

and reflect with independent awareness. Cleanse and purify

your karma of mind, body, and mouth, sit upright

and  investigate reality, until you arrive

at subtle insight and clear

liberation.

 

Right in your own life,

detach from conditioned views and cut off

sentiments. Stand like a wall a mile high…spend twenty

or thirty years doing dispassionate and tranquil meditation

work, sweeping away any conditioned knowledge and

interpretive understanding as soon as it arises,

and not letting the traces of the

sweeping itself remain

either.

 

Yuanwu

don’t grasp

Yung Sen Wu

 

In a pellucid ocean,


bubbles arise and dissolve again.


Just so,
 thoughts are no different
 from

ultimate reality,
 so don’t find fault;
 remain at ease.


Whatever arises,
whatever occurs,
 don’t grasp —

release it on the spot.
 Appearances, sounds,

and objects
 are all one’s own mind;


there’s nothing except

mind.

 

Buddha

go slowly, with balance

Avoid

attempting to force

a completion. Go slowly,

methodically, and with

quiet balance.

 

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 3, Changing Line 5

 

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time for what is important

 

Time is very precious:

every minute, every hour counts.

We don’t want to throw time away. We want

to make good use of the minutes and hours we have left.

When we focus our attention in the here and now and live

simply, we have more time to do the things we think

are important. We don’t waste our energy in

thinking, in worrying, in running

after fame, power,

and wealth.

 

Thich Nhat Hanh