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  2. Posted · Edited by moment

    On 11/14/2024 at 1:11 AM, S:C said:

    dust-cloud darkened sky
    a pale blue dot breaks open 
    two dancers inside
     

     

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    two dancers inside

    the sands of time, coming out

    it makes the dance more

     

  4. Posted · Edited by moment

    On 11/6/2024 at 12:12 PM, Mark Foote said:

     

     

    God unravelling

    just beyond the city lights

    just behind the eyes

     

     

    Just behind the eyes

    Whispers of the universe, 

    ziran song unfolds  

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  5. Posted · Edited by moment

    On 10/20/2024 at 11:20 AM, Thrice Daily said:

    I find it easier if I’m practicing materially with emphasis on defensive intention then more relaxed and love is easier to generate. With softness and helping develop song too right?

    I had to read you several times before I got it! Yes, defensive would be a yin activity, but, the goal is the balance, relaxation and love even while being required to be aggressive.  We won't always get it right, but, the trying saves our humanity.  

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  8. Posted · Edited by moment

    21 hours ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Newborn star rises 

    As other stars switching off

    Dark deep space again

    Dark deep space again

    then an explosion of light

    once again, anew

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  9. Posted · Edited by moment

    3 hours ago, ChiDragon said:


    Gives Birth to a Sun
    Then shed light on earth surface
    Produced life to all

    Produced life to all 

    Emerging from dawn's embrace, 

    Newborn star rises

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  10. Posted

    3 hours ago, Cobie said:


    the mind moves, freely
    Can defy my “sinks” body

    Old me jumps with joy


     

    Old me jumps with joy 

    Wind’s song lifts the ancient boughs, 

    Nature’s dance begins.

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  12. Posted · Edited by moment

    42 minutes ago, 心神 ~ said:

     

     

    Reach the peak of realm

    Content, except discover

    Hidden mount in clouds

     

    Hidden mount in clouds

    One summit reached, eyes lifted

    Journey never ends

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  14. Posted · Edited by moment

    3 hours ago, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said:


    Um actually chi doesn’t only come from the breath of these turtles and there are more than 4 of them

    Please stop cherry-picking.  Quote entire comment so that context is shown. I think you may be trying to soften things and of course Master Logray is right above you, but, always quote with full context, anyway---it is important.  I thank you now and in advance.

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  15. Posted

    3 hours ago, blue eyed snake said:

     

    Hopeful dawn, unknown

    future, unfolding lightly

    wu wei flows through me

     

    Wu wei flows through me 

    Nature’s path, with ease and peace 

    Still whispers guide me

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  17. Posted

    On 9/10/2024 at 1:49 PM, Lukks said:

    Hello :)

     

    Can someone give me a good source for learning Loving-Kindness Meditation(metta)?

     

    I accept books, masters, paid courses, free courses, just give the best you have, let's make this post useful for others who also want to learn it and share love with the world :)

    We all have two entities in us; one lures us with the seemingly easier path of self-deception, selfishness and ego.  The other one gently whispers the seemingly harder path of love, caring and calm.  The heart grows or shrinks depending on which one you nourish the most.

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  18. Posted · Edited by moment

    4 hours ago, 心神 ~ said:

     

    Breathing this moment
    Sharp wind at back, I remember
    I forgot my coat

     

     

    Breathing and passing
    This threshold of life and death
    In or out, the same
     

     

    in or out, the same

    Through life’s door, and death’s embrace 

    a quest to center

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  20. Posted

    On 10/3/2024 at 1:54 PM, moment said:

    Dancing in the wind

    punctuation had nuance

    it changes the dance

    it changes the dance 

    of many frogs jumping in

    splish, sound of water

     

    (an aside: my great respect for Matsuo Basho)

  22. Posted · Edited by moment

    I think that positive, non-personal debate, and if needed, the moderator of this site or silence, are better options than stirring up personal animosities. Negative triggers is why I left this site for over two years. 

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  23. Posted · Edited by moment

    23 hours ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Can you give us some examples of your techniques or ways?

     

    Walking in the woods on a rainy day, taking a cold shower, planting trees, walking through a field while a hawk screeches above, listening to the delighted laughter of small children, petting a dog who is leaning against you in an effort to comfort itself and you, (unstructured, gentle, slow, staggered breathing relaxing while you do creative stretching and instinctively feel the gentle spontaneous way of relieving your aches, pains and tightness, with almost no effort), walking knee deep in a cold stream while the sun beats down on you, letting rich thick fertile loam trickle through your fingers while lightly breathing its' musk, holding a dying person's hand in their last moments and reassuring them that they are not alone and you see the comfort you helped create. Letting yourself cry without guilt or shame.