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Tag Archives: samadhi
Bodhisattva
There is no trying: Either you are a Buddha or you are not One. Once past duality there is no more “in training”; linear time ends, and everything is connected as Everything. There is nothing else. Just you and the … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, haiku, Japanese forms, poetic forms, practice, reality, realization, samadhi, satori, waka
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Samadhi
Fumbling to ecstacy One nerve cell at a time Approaching some nirvana Piecemeal, by the inch, sublime At the end of fingertips Extended like a drawl Until the whole skin breathes in each moment’s alcohol From the toes along the … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, devotion, enlightenment, epiphany, Nirvana, presence, relativity, samadhi
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