we see the clouds

We see the clouds and we know what they are,
and we do so with the sunshine and the rain.
We know they come and go and are external to us.

this which is seeking

This which is seeking is
That which is sought,
and
That which is sought is
This which is seeking.

Wei Wu Wei

At the still point in the center of the circle
one can see the infinite in all things.

Chuang-tzu

You’re bound to it, you think you can’t live without it;
but in fact it is a [spiritual] obstacle.

The ground of anything becoming troublesome is taking things to be real, when we don’t examine the interdependent origination of all things.

Buddhism does not offer intellectual answers;
it gives directions only for the experiencing of truth

It’s life’s illusions i recall
i really don’t know life
at all …

Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now”