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  • Totenamt

    I τ daget in dat osten,
    de maen schînt averall;
    wo weinich wêt mîn lêveken,
    wor ick benachten schal.

    The day is breaking in the east,
    the moon shines everywhere;
    little does my sweetheart know where I shall pass the night.

    Anonymous

  • Empty vessel

    I am just an empty vessel
    saling the great sea.

    Forms arise and disappear.

    Change is just a principle
    no words describes the mysterious one.

    How can I forget
    that this moment
    and all existence
    is perfect
    and
    without flaws.

    Thomas 19/7 2009

  • what is joy?

    what is joy?
    joy
    is to be eclipsed
    in who you are
    now
    and forever.
    it is to let down
    your weakness
    and let down
    your strength
    and find yourself
    at home
    in everything.

    Jinghai, Yu. A Scatter of Light in the Summer Sky: Poems of the Tao

  • Was es ist

    Was es ist

    Es ist Unsinn
    sagt die Vernunft
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Es ist Unglück
    sagt die Berechnung
    Es ist nichts als Schmerz
    sagt die Angst
    Es ist aussichtslos
    sagt die Einsicht
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Es ist lächerlich
    sagt der Stolz
    Es ist leichtsinnig
    sagt die Vorsicht
    Es ist unmöglich
    sagt die Erfahrung
    Es ist was es ist
    sagt die Liebe

    Reference: Erich Fried

  • The clear blue sky

    Seeing the clear blue sky,

    I know I am it.

  • Liberate your mind

    Liberating your mind.
    You set your seul free.

    Let your spirit realm free,
    join nature without effort.

    Wuwei of the small mind.

    How do you do it?

    Broaden and extend your vision.
    Let your deep mind rest in Shen.

    This is when the Master has returned to your house.

    My Heart is calm. Fear and grasping voluntarily left Xin.

    My  intent rests in my Center. Yi commands central equilibrium.

    Dantien is full and steady.

    Always calm and ready to act according to circumstance. It remains calm.

    Is that not the state of the Universe?

    One calmness dictates all movement.

    If the focus is on the Qi, it will stagnate.

    Get the foundation. And you will find the initiative naturally in order to do what needs to be done.

    “Let go” of your self.

    Not having the servant as the master of the house is perfection.

    Shen fills out the whole space, my awareness is everywhere.

    Somehow everything is just perfect. When I allow it to be imperfect.

    It will always remain so.

    If I do not strive, I arrive.

    Everything arrives. Nothing is undone.

    This is the message for those who understand.

    Without trying you succeed.

    In realty, it’s nothing really.

    And of surely it’s everything also.

    Hold on to the paradoks, and you will inevitably stumble into it.

    Joy and happiness are everywhere to be found.

    Yin and yang in harmony returns.

    The great mystery of the female Mother prevail.

  • From nothing to something and back

    I let go and enter the domain of no one.

    Heaven and Earth are one.
    The circle and square are equals.

    They separate as necessary without effort.
    First boundless stillness, then endless movement.

    It makes no sense to talk about form or formlessness.
    Substance or no substance – what’s the difference?

    Body, energy and mind – what are they?
    I am just a conduit of the forces of Nature.

    My mind drives and fills out Form.
    Empty but full, it pervades the Universe.

    I stand in the Center.
    Watching the Master and the servant at work.

    When we offer no resistance,
    we meet no resistance.

    Miracles and Mystery.
    The mundane stuff is welcomed like a friend.

    I have no mind of my own.
    Eventually this will fall away too.

    Perfection in imperfection.
    Imperfection in perfection.

    It seems as if I am there, but I am not.
    I am not, but am I right here.

    Others cannot fathom it.
    I cannot fathom it either.

    Naturally – it’s ok.

    (Poem about the liberation of mind, heart and intention “Shen, Xin and Yi” in spiritual work like: Standing Meditation, Qigong, Neigong, Neijia and Taiji )

  • My river runs to thee

    Blue Sea – Wilt welcome me?
    My River wait reply.

    Oh Sea – look graciously!

    I’ll fetch thee Brooks

    From spotted nooks – 

    Say Sea – take Me?

    Emily Dickinson (1830–86).

  • Everywhere leads the Way

    everywhere
    leads the Way

    it is perfect
    impenetrable
    forever

    a thousand voices
    may rise
    but silence says it better

    open your eyes
    and close them up again

    listen intently
    then not at all

    you have nowhere to go
    and such is the real journey

    for all roads lead inevitably
    to your soul

    Yu Jinghai from The Voice of Sea

  • I answer that cannot answer

    You are also asking me questions, and I hear you;

    I answer that cannot answer… you must find out for yourself.

    Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass 1855

  • Reaching the bright end

    as effortless as light
    and as certain as time’s passing

    we walk forward to a stillness
    we can never know

    with the clouds yawning in the distance
    and the sky, forever quiet

    we drift, less certain than foam
    reaching the bright end

    of the sea

    The Voice of the Sea: Poems of the Tao by Yu Jinghai

  • The Jade Tablet

    The Jade Pendant InscriptionTo guide the Qi, allow it to enter deeply and collect it. As it collects, it will expand. Once expanded, it will sink down. When it sinks down, it comes to rest. After it has come to rest, it becomes stable.

    When the Qi is stable, it begins to sprout. From sprouting, it begins to grow. As it grows, it can be pulled back upwards. When it is pulled back upwards, it reaches the crown of the head.

    It then touches above the crown of the head and below at the base of the spine. Who practices like this will attain long life. Who goes against this will die.

    Reference: Sitting in Oblivion – The Heart of Daoist Meditation by Livia Kohn 2010 Se also The Jade Tablet neigong.net

  • In the midst of Chaos I find Peace

    In the midst of chaos,
    I find peace.

    Not clinging to any thing,
    not obsessed by any thought.

    I seatle on a leaf,
    in mid air.

    Being calm for no reason whatsoever
    – happiness pervades all.

    I smile,
    leaving my self behind.

  • Fifty

    Between birth and death,
    Three in ten are followers of life,
    Three in ten are followers of death,
    And men just passing from birth to death also number three in ten.
    Why is this so?
    Because they live their lives on the gross level.

    He who knows how to live can walk abroad
    Without fear of rhinoceros or tiger.
    He will not be wounded in battle.
    For in him rhinoceroses can find no place to thrust their horn,
    Tigers no place to use their claws,
    And weapons no place to pierce.
    Why is this so?
    Because he has no place for death to enter.

    Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching translated by Gai-Fu Feng and Jane English

  • Sirens of the Lambs


    by Banksy