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1st Class!!!

30 Saturday Jun 2012

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I’ve bought my ticket,

I’m going 1st Class!

Setting out on this quest,

on this lives long path.

 

My past is a story,

an interesting read,

but I’m leaving my baggage,

of which I don’t need.

 

I look through the window,

recognise all I see,

the Buddha land scenery,

familiar to me.

 

The weather is clement,

worldly winds have calmed,

the passengers valiant,

Dharma Sister’s at alms.

 

I’m enjoying the journey,

no rush to get there;

with guide book in hand,

and the wind in my hair!

 

We stop at the station,

other travellers alight,

we’re sharing this vision,

Enlightenment in sight.

 

©1st Class!! 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Reflections

30 Saturday Jun 2012

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Matterhorn (4,478 m, Walliser Alps, East side)...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I look in the mirror,

and what do I see?

A face staring back,

that’s simply not me.

 

I open my heart,

and what do I find?

A limitless space,

compassionate and kind.

 

I open my mouth,

and what tumbles out?

Harmonious words,

with truth and no doubt.

 

I search in my head,

what goes on in there?

A radiant mind,

pure, like clear mountain air.

 

© Reflections 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Matterhorn (4,478 m, Walliser Alps, East side) mirrored in Riffelsee, photograph taken from shore of lake Riffelsee. Français : Le mont Cervin (4 478 m, est des Alpes Valaisannes) se reflète dans le Riffelsee. Photo prise sur la berge du lac. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Just Being

30 Saturday Jun 2012

Posted by in Buddhism, Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Poetry

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Prince Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) wit...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am a block of stone,

in the process of being,

carved by Dharmic hands,

Bodhisattvas and Buddhas create,

the future potential, to be.

 

I am not that of marble,

Cold, flashy and fragile,

nor that of sandstone,

easy to carve, easy to crumble,

neither am I flint stone,

hard, impenetrable, unyielding.

I am just good old stone –

nothing special.

 

The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,

Carve my features,

Chip by grain,

they shape my,

future form.

Potential,

I can,

attain!

 

© Just Being 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Prince Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) with moustache (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Buddha Day

06 Sunday May 2012

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In celebration of Buddha Day.

Dedicated to Resting in Awareness – www.restinginawareness.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buddha mind

Burning bright

Searing serenity

Luminous light.

 

Buddha eyes

Warrior’s way

Diamond depth

Gentle gaze.

 

Buddha nature

Human heart

Sangha sings

Compassionate.

 

 

© Buddha Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Photo credit Julie Bailey

Taken at Buddha Day – The Sheffield Buddhist Centre

 

The Cat Sat on the Mat

12 Monday Mar 2012

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Just sitting…

Just sitting on this mat,

my mind like a Cat.

Is herding cats quite possible?

I ponder; be philosophical!

 

Just sitting…

Just sitting on this mat,

my mind like a Puma.

Sleek and slick and lurking,

my fantasies still flirting!

 

Just sitting…

Just sitting on this mat,

my mind like a Tiger.

Hunting prey and stalking,

when do the thoughts stop talking?

 

Just sitting…

Just sitting on this mat,

my mind like an Ocelot.

No reason to this rhyme,

but to highlight I cough a lot!

 

Just sitting…

Just sitting on this mat,

my mind like a Lion.

Ferocious and unstoppable,

Enlightenment quite possible!

 

 

© The Cat sat on the Mat 12/03/2012

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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