May I:

Revere all beings;
Shelter the ill-natured, 
    overwhelmed by illusion
    of Samara’s ring;  
Regard myself as inferior, 
    and deem others as superior;
In all my actions, watch my mind;
See all as spiritual friends in kind; 
Comfort the conquered 
    and offer conquest of caliber;
Offer support and jubilation to others,  
   and smother the suffering of many Mothers; 
See all things as hallucination, 
    and without attachment gain freedom from illusion.  

(A contract reflection of "Eight Verses For Training the Mind")

Twelve Meditations

Taking refuge in Buddha
Taking refuge in Dhamma
Taking refuge in Sangha 

Developing Morality
Developing Concentration 
Developing Wisdom

Determination to be free,
Influenced by mind of enlightenment, 
Wisdom, realizing the ultimate nature of existence 

Discover true state
Without doubt
Of self-liberation. 

Base, Path, Fruit 
of Base, Path, Fruit
of Base, Path, Fruit

Empty Space Of Space Empty

Virtual particles in the Quantum Vacuum of “empty” space. (DEREK LEINWEBER)
Naught within
if naught without
Naught that will end
that did not begin
Naught begins
that will not end
Nothing open
not enclosed
Nothing closed
not once open
Space empty
of empty space
Empty space
of space empty
All different
in difference same
In variance
on universal plane

In Process…

South of st louis, 
Two strays took canvas
Through plains of kansas
Via missouri.

Windmills
Stood
Stilled
Betwixt plains and hills.

 Mountain dark shadows
Over elk king’s meadow,
There snow-melt stream
Divided sun and  moon beams.

Where flats met heights,
 Rung sacred rites,
Sung by the sands of time 
Casting shadowy lines. 

Links thus Link

From ignorance, conception
    and volitional action,
Thus consciousness is born,
Giving rise to name and form,
That sense sources inform. 

Contact abstracts,
Feelings impact,
Attachment to never-lasting,
To which one is ever grasping. 

Succumbing thus becoming,
    In birth
But age and death. 

In Aggregation, 
Causes and Conditions, 
Dependent Origination.   

Strings on “Dependent Arising