
One foot leaves the ground
then the other. For a split
second, I’m flying!
I doubt, therefore I might be
Recently, I have become aware of a burden of thoughts weighing down upon me. Intrusive, endless, unstoppable, uncontrollable, unwanted thoughts. If I desire to sit quietly for five minutes, without fruitless thoughts buzzing constantly in my mind… I can not! Sometimes, I become aware of a new thought arising.. in … Read the rest “Shiva sankalpa suktam”
One foot leaves the ground
then the other. For a split
second, I’m flying!
Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come,
In yours and my discharge.
-Shakespeare, The Tempest Act 2, scene 1, 245-254
Let us arrange
these lovely flowers in the bowl
since there’s no rice.
-Basho
The first morning of autumn:
the mirror I investigate
reflects my father’s face
-Shiki Masaoka (loose translation by Michael R. Burch)