called a fool by a rainbow

este macleod

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.  

Ajahn Chah 

for most of this swift life I moved
through busy city streets
past houses offices and stores
until the streets became the sky
and the buildings became the clouds
what did I become
where did I go

james lee jobe

LINK: from “outgoing tide—” poetry by Pattie McCarthy

Each moment that we release ourselves from our thoughts, we are releasing ourselves into that which lies beyond our material, physical being, beyond this body we call our self and into our True Self, which is no-self.

Sensei Donna Kowal, “This Very Body”

I found the storm to be truly frightening
but the rainbow that followed it
called me a fool
my storm seemed to me to cross the entire valley
like a young athlete leaping a hurdle
perhaps to you it was a young child
skipping down the sidewalk to school

james lee jobe 

sidnea d'amico



I needed to write a letter. I felt that need. An old fashioned letter, in an envelope, with a stamp, the way we did a generation ago, but I had no one to write to. I took out a pen and paper and I wrote "dear" on it, and I stopped there. I thought that later I would add “love” at the end of it, but I never did.

Outside, a fog was growing. Wisps of fog in the wind. I watched it for a while through the window. I thought of making a small fire in a portable grate that I keep on my patio, but I didn't. I didn't even go outside.

The fog slowly grew thicker and the unfinished letter with one word stayed on the table. I didn't turn on any music or the television. I left it silent and sat down in a chair for a long time.

Time is nothing.

james lee jobe

Poet, let every word tremble its wind bell. 

-Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī

Close your eyes and you will see clearly.

Cease to listen and you will hear Truth.

Be silent and your heart will sing.

Seek no contacts and you will find union.

Be still and you will move forward on the tide of the spirit.

Be gentle and you will need no strength.

Be patient and you will achieve all things.

Be humble and you will remain entire.

Taoist meditation

Mercy for the poor, mercy for the homeless, mercy for the oppressed. Mercy for those who have no safe land of their own.

james lee jobe 

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