peanuts

I hear the unblown flute, 
In the deep summer shadows, 
Of the Temple of Suma


[Basho]

de 8 decembrie - Rohatsu

Whatever is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all material shape should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self." Whatever is feeling, whatever is perception, whatever are habitual tendencies, whatever is consciousness, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self." 


Buddha Gautama (born 563 B.C.)

leaves

sometimes
i feel
like
i'm sweeping leaves in
the forest

no sex tonight

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 NO SEX TONIGHT!

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Date: 2005-02-18, 9:18AM PST

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I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so 
much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have 
never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. 


FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into 
bed. 


Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel 
like it, I just want you to hold me." 


I said "WHAT??!! What was that?!" 


So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... 
"You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me 
to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my puzzled look 
by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in 
the bedroom?" 


Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep. 


The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with 
her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big 
unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on 
several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to 
take so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to 
compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We 
went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond 
earrings. Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was 
one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because 
she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play 
tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey." 
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. 
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all 
dear, let's go to the cashier." 


I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel 
like it." 


Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled 
WHAT?" 


I then said "honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're 
just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy 
your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she 
was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and 
not for the things I buy you?" 


Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.

think of the trees

"Just think of the trees:

They let the birds

Perch and fly,

With no intention

To call them

When they come

And no longing

For their return

When they fly

Away.

If people’s hearts

Could be like

Trees,

They would not be

Off the Way."

here and now