the universe spreads out and I am alone

by jlj

look at this night sky 

I am older

I am younger 

the universe spreads out and I am alone 

untouched and cold 

what lasts forever

even the stars die 

the universe is me and I am the universe 

nothing can hold me down 

nothing can touch me now 

-james lee jobe

Self-liberate even the antidote. Do not hang on to anything,

even the realization that there is nothing solid to hold on to.

-Pema Chodron

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John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band, God

visiting the yuba river

cold water on white stones

the ridges towering above us

a million pine trees

overhead a hawk is circling

hunting I suppose

walking the trail on a fine summer day

I could easily spend the rest of my life here

but I don't say a word of it to my wife

-james lee jobe 

Tao defined is not the constant Tao.

No name names its eternal name.

-Lao Tzu

before you go back indoors tonight look up

I am the last star in an otherwise pitch-black sky

a whisper on the last breath of the breeze

come over here to the sharpest edge of the river

where the final light is dappled black

on the crest of the water

this is my hand in the darkness

this is the gold that sleeps in my heart

the gold that I have saved for you

take it sister

take it brother

I am a star light-years away

and yet I am here with you

I am the sleep-dust in your eyes when you awaken

I am those dreams that you have never told anyone

One by one the other stars have flown to heaven

but not me

I am still here

waiting for you

-james lee jobe

A Zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

-Dogen Zenji

some early lessons life is precious everyone dies everything you do good or bad has a result trying for what you want and avoiding what you don't want will never bring you happiness -james lee jobe

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

-Francis of Assisi

the 3 rather primitive photos on this page are mine

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