30 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: exploding stars, Human, inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
We are all connected – made of the stuff of exploding stars.
The chemicals that make up our bodies have already been used by millions of different organisms in their journey throughout history, and will be used again by millions more after our death.
In this short lived wonder we should not forget the great gift of being human.
We have the opportunity to appreciate what we have been given,
What other animal can say the same?
28 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, love, love living, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Don’t do what you hate, for this is to spit on the gift of life.
Find what you love and love living,
And this more than any rule or discipline,
Shall put you on the right path.
26 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, knowing, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, seeing, spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Seeing things as they are, not how your mind – imagination and intellect – tell you they are,
Gives you the clarity to penetrate all things.
Do not try and master the world, just master what is in front of you;
Know one thing well and you will know all things.
24 Aug 2012 4 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: death, inspiration, life, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, spirituality, Wisdom, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Through insight we gain the wisdom to know that we can never experience death.
For there is no sense of taste without taste-buds, no sights without eyes,
No sounds when the ears cease to function.
21 Aug 2012 2 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, religion, Seeking, spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
It is natural to seek, to be restless and to want answers.
We should seek these answers for ourselves until we have them,
Rather than ignore or deny them.
15 Aug 2012 5 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, spirituality, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Wisdom can be found in a blade of grass,
The tears of an old man,
Or the smile of a child.
It runs through all and is behind all,
Connecting everything.
We should not forget that there is nothing to do,
No intellectual achievement that can triumph over this.
Therefore a child has the answers as much as you or I ever could.
13 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: Friends and Family, inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Wings, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Even well meaning friends and family can hold us back,
Because they do not allow us to grow.
Sometimes we must be willing to spread our wings
And leave them behind.
12 Aug 2012 4 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: Answers, inspiration, Look within, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
We cannot find answers by following everybody else.
Take some time out from the world and its games,
And look within instead.
11 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
in Zen Thoughts Tags: Empty Cup, inspiration, Philosophy, Poetry, writing, Zen, Zen Mirror
Empty your cup and open you eyes,
To all you do not know.
A man who thinks he knows it all can learn nothing.
09 Aug 2012 4 Comments
in Zen Thoughts Tags: inspiration, Online Writing, Philosophy, Poetry, Wisdom, writing, Zen
Wisdom is like a great fire.
Some warm themselves for a while before moving off.
Others, only a few, will find a fire lit in their own chests, and they will carry it with them wherever they go.
The Mirror of Truth 