When I am hungry I eat, and when I am thirsty I drink.
Bankei
One could write a million words, make a million pictures and still get no nearer to the raw actuality of this moment.
Icy wind, flecks of stinging rain, deserted beach, mind open.
All that needs to be done is simply done without pause or question.
Doing without gain or goal. Making without thought or intention.
Simply act without fear or doubt.
We become what we give our attention to.
Let the nettle sting be. Who are we to claim it as ours?
Reality is not a symbol, we live in the midst of it.
John Aske
When we truly lose the overbearing sense of a self, what is left naturally inclines towards others.
Thisness 