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The Cosmos

I have been reading sections of the Abhidhamma Sutra, which is more or less Buddhist “psychology” in truly mind bending detail. Reflecting on the qualities of action that creates no further trouble- Generosity, Equinamity, Spontaneaity, Cor...

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All Entangled in Peace (Hexagram 11)

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All Entangled in Peace (Hexagram 11)

How the grass roots
clinging to dirt gets pulled with it;
how we weed the lawn of intruders....
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Empty Cups Offer Thirst

Cardinal, Flooding, Chimes (this very afternoon)

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Faith Inside of Empty (Hexagram 61)

Advantage in crossing the river,
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Everything is Enough

The earth stood relatively upright for a moment wednesday at 12:06 am, and Autumn began. It is uncanny how the walnut leaves yellow and drift, looking like golden swallowtails. The rains arrive. The night cools. A late bloom in the gardens....

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Sensing (space), a third poem in the cycle

Untied States, 2025, watercolor on paper

For the past couple weeks I have made a patchy, but sincere, effort to deal with my outrage at this era of monsters we are beset with. I got bored and kind of disgusted with the low-keyed Buddhist r...

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