A smile should arise

from the depths of your core.

Not to be forced.

effortlessly arising with joyful effort.

Like the smile of a Buddha,

awakened being shall insprie you too

to open your eyes so wide that you see inside

and there you see the mind

so clear so pure

consciousness.

no beginning

no end

ever flowing stream of being.

so look with in, smile at this great potential and free yourself from yourself.

clean up your mind.

detoxify dillusion.

and feel a smile arise from the depths of your being.

Awaken to reality, as it is.

smile.

do not waist this breath, this opportunity, this chance at life.
The teachings of the Buddha ask one to really understand the preciousness of human life.
Quite often human life can feel more like a curse than a blessing.
BUT alas---it is so precious. And it is your choice, and has always been your choice how you want to live. If you are blessed to have basic freedoms, are able to sustain yourself, and are healthy take a deep breathe and set an intention to live a life of positivity. This may seem idealistic, but no lets think about the law of nature, the dharma, quantam physics...all are in line...all speak about how like attracts like. Karma. The seeds you sow, so you may reep. So watch yourself, develope your own inner witness, and learn how to catch yourself before you plant a negative thought, speech, action, reaction. Catch yourself, and liberate yourself. Slow down the mind, navigate life.
Meditate, become familiar with yourself...
Do you react? Or do you respond?
When others are doing positive things do you think negatively about yourself, or feel jelousy towards them...
AH! We must start at home, with our minds.
We must learn to rejoice in our own good efforts, but most importantly in the positivity of others.
You do not have to be Buddhist to practice such.
You do not have to be anything...but honest with yourself. YOU do have a choice.
YOUR thoughts DO not control you...
AWAKEN!
ARISE....
all those emotions are lies.

stop. take refuge in silence even for 10 minutes a day.
gather the self with the breathe. And begin from this source. This peace will begin to direct your flow.

Don't waiste this precious opportunity. Each breath an opportunity to think positively, and maybe even to feel love and compassion for all sentient beings. For when we are stripped of everything all we want is love, nourishment, and genuine happiness. So recognize the you in I and the I in you. Invert your me, and you will feel the we. All connected.
empty of inherent existence.
interdepedent.
co-dependent.
when you recall to mind this oneness...
a smile from the depths of your being will begin to rise.
And you will begin to embody all those teachings, not just for you...but for all.

just a bit of a buddhist inspired rant from the Tibetan Library in Dharamsala India...to you sitting there...maybe now smiling.

Create space for Grace

The other day I returned to my home to be.
A small room overlooking the valley below.
On this day I return home in search of quietude, peace, and integration.
To digest the lessons of the day, and to come home to what is called me.
I prepare the space by cleaning, sweeping...
Feet cleansed, face washed, feeling refreshed, the mind is at ease.
This moment is now ready for spiritual connection.

Always searching for a teacher...
today i return home.
the voice inside says with poise, "we must learn to cultivate our own practice according to where we are, what we know, and what we need. "
Know thyself, the great master speaks.
Determine what you are made of, and what you must cultivate.
Eliminate the negative thoughts and the negative actions will also disappear.
Find balance in your body, and you will encounter balance outside.

The clouds building, filling the sky.
Precipitation accumulates.
The birds sing songs of praises, calling my attention to thismoment.
The sky rumbles as the storm builds. Like the precipitation, my enthusiasm builds to take advantage of this time, this body, this life to dedicate myself to truth.

The rain gracefully falls from the sky, as these words stream out of mind, hand, pen, paper.
The silence engaged with writing, now i put the pen and paper aside and dedicate this moment to grace.

The breathe now will engage this silence as it softens the mind and lengthens the body.

Create space for grace.

Experience one

Sit queitly.

Refresh the mind through meditative concentration.

Walk.

Feel the essence of the body.

experience the essence of all life.

changing. changing changing.

Refresh the mind with this truth of impermanence.

Diffuse the self.

this life is not just for the I.

"I want peace," you say.

well take away the "I" and the "want" and what are you left with...

peace. Swami says.

Diffuse I.

Reinfuse this me with the greater we. All life is codependent.

All reality is codependent.

Let go. diffuse the I.

reinfuse with the we.

and you will see that all is ONE.