Archive for September, 2005

The most submissive thing

The most submissive thing in the world can ride roughshod over the hardest in the world – that which is without substance entering that which has no crevices. That is why I know the benefit of resorting to no action. The teaching that uses no words, the benefit of resorting to no action, these are [...]

Posted on September 14, 2005 at 9:32 am by thomas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Culture, Poetry, Taiji

Eternal Friends

This spring I felt so lucky and blessed. A little sparrow came and sat in my hand and I fed it bread crumbs from my thumb. The tiny bird chewed away, looking at me as we where eternal friends, and it flew away. Minutes went by returning with his wife the 2 teeny sparrows chewed [...]

Posted on September 9, 2005 at 9:36 am by thomas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Poetry