Silent Love, circa 2008

Though there have been many distraction
The sound of silence once more reveals herself
And I once again hear the wind beckon me

It is the sound of eternal movement
forever being still
such Grace, such Effulgence
it awakens itself within our hearts
and once stirred, nothing is ever the same again.

This sound, this space, this presence within me,
it calls upon me, as if of itself
it teaches and directs me,
restores me; as one of her own

That sound, it lets me feel my blood; feel my heart beat
and within me I can see my relatives;
see my ancestors.
And within me I can see you.

I can see our cells, dancing the dance of love;
forever just one moment away from catching up with each other
where upon the slightest touch would create such emotion,
the world would melt before our eyes,
and all the mystery of the universe would stand with us,
revealed and untainted, just to be known.

And this, as the Earth crumbles in anticipation,
would heave open all the space between lovers,
to let everybody see
just what was here this whole time.

-Miguel Antonio, circa 2008

Daily Dose - Oct 3, 2013

• When we judge anyone in anyway, we are actually judging ourselves. When we think someone is "closed off" or narrow minded, it is in fact our own self that is exhibiting and experiencing that condition.

• Remember, it is the natural tendency of everything and everyone to evolve. This is the path of least resistance.

From chapter 34, "Impermanence of All Things" of the Kural

• There is no baser folly than the infatuation
  that looks upon the ephemeral as if it were everlasting.
  - 331
• Do good deeds with a sense of urgency,
  before death's approaching rattle strangles the tongue.
  - 336

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"Success is as dangerous as failure.

Hope is as hollow as fear.

What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure?

Whether you go up the ladder or down it, you position is shaky.

When you stand with your two feet on the ground, 

you will always keep your balance.

What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?

Hope and fear are both phantoms

that arise from thinking of the self.

When we don't see the self as self,

what do we have to fear?

See the world as your self.

Have faith in the way things are.

Love the world as your self,

then you can care for all things."

- 13, Tao Te Ching