Posted on June 11, 2020, in Poetry, Senryu and tagged Companionship, Compassion, Empathy, Learning, Love. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
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“You should stop words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will naturally fall away, and your original Buddha nature will appear.” – Dogen.
Now, where can I find . . . ?
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Stacked in the back room
Filed but not forgotten
Admissions of a structure junky
Stringy theories . . .
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Ah, yes….amazing how empathy brings us all closer. A simple but powerful truth. 🙂
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Yes. I find I don’t hear much while I’m busy talking. 😦
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Me either. 😖
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Hopefully we’re past that now. (Well mostly anyway. 😉 )
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Very appropriate for our times. I guess, always appropriate, but we now need this attitude more than ever!
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Part of basic police training?
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