I Would Love To Change the World

In truth, we cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves.

How strange, then, that most men are willing to suffer and die in an attempt to change the world rather than live with the responsibility of changing themselves!

Thoughtless

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.--Dogen

When we have no thought of good or evil we become aware of the true meaning of our lives.

No Bull

It is not the same thing to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.--Spanish proverb

As Zen Master Suzuki makes clear in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Zen is something to practice and not something to talk about.

Journey of Discovery

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."--Marcel Proust

The Return

If we were not grateful for the gift of life the first time we found ourselves in the Garden of Eden, we will certainly be grateful when we finally return.

                                            We are stardust
                                            Billion year old carbon
                                            We are golden
                                            Caught in the devil's bargain
                                            And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
                                                                                                                       --Joni Mitchell

Guiding Light

There is no devil I detest more than fraud. He it was who contrived the fall of man and even now sets his traps for the unwary.

Only the light of Truth can safely guide us back to the Promised Land.

False gods

It is difficult to forget about fame and profit in a society that worships both. Yet pursuing these false gods will never lead us to true happiness.