Almost Pooh's Tao

In a wet mailbox this Satyr's day in Okieland . . .

Truth is a pathless land. We cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. We can find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of the mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. . . .Enlightenment is an accident, but there are some activities that make us more accident prone. – J. Krishnamurti

We think that the earth is the earth and we are something outside of the earth. But in fact we are inside of the earth. Imagine that the earth is the tree and we are a leaf. The earth is not the environment, something outside of us that we need to care for. The earth is us. Taking care of the earth, we take care of ourselves. If we see the earth as only the environment, with ourselves in the center, then we only want to do something for the earth in order for us to survive. But that is not enough. That is a dualistic way of seeing. We have to practice looking at our planet not just as matter, but as a living and sentient being. . .when we look into the earth we see that it’s a very beautiful flower containing the presence of the whole universe. When we look into our own bodily formation, we are made of the same elements as the planet. It has made us. The earth and the universe are inside of us. – Thich Nhat Hanh

Wet Feet

The first step on the path

the wise among us

have walked before

begins in a dim awareness

that there must be

something more.

Many paths lead nowhere

yet are we told walk

we must until

standing still

we see the truth

beneath our feet.

The Watercourse Way.

Our feet.

Wet.

JB 11.16.20

A simple mantra for remembering the laws of nature: life is not personal, permanent, or perfect. – Ruth King

https://tricycle.org/article/ruth-king-black-and-buddhist/