Calm yourself and be still
Feel the air going in and out for this moment
Love entails you to be grounded
There is simply no room for ego
Love with all that you have
With everything you’ve got
Because love is all that you have
Be patient and love each moment
This moment is all you have
Nina
: The Dharma teaches that the manifestation of a consequence requires the confluence of multiple causes and conditions. Wrong views, afflicted emotions (attachment, aversion, and indifference), and the habits and tendencies that impel us to act in ways that are unskillful or undesirable constitute the fundamental causes of unbeneficial actions. The conditions that favor such conducts include material circumstances, similarly-inclined company, and situations.
If we desire to avoid those habitual tendencies, it is essential that we avoid conducive conditions for its manifestation. A well-known example is that of a person with alcoholic tendencies, who must avoid proximity and access to alcohol (material circumstances), persons with similar conducts (company), and those events in which this behavior is normative (situations).
We can successfully apply this strategy to all unskillful tendencies, identifying and avoiding the triggers that favor the repetition of any conduct we may wish to eliminate.
 
A Buddhist monk who studied and meditated on the teachings of Buddha for over a decade wanted to speak with an enlightened one who dwelled alone in a small temple high in the mountains. He prepared for his journey eager to hear his teaching. After 7 days of rigorous hiking he reached the temple.
The master greeted him and welcomed him inside. The master put some tea on to boil and they sat in silence. The monk became very eager and unsettled in not hearing his teaching. The master poured the tea and sat with the monk. The monk didn’t drink his tea and began questioning his master of Buddha.
The master replied.. “You have studied Buddhism for 20 years and can not simply enjoy this cup of tea?” The monk wept…. as another step to enlightenment lay under his feet….
Nina
I have been through the mud
And still like the lotus I rise
Every morning anew
And as free as a bird in the sky
Good morning world…
Nina
Here I am
Black; in the deep dark depths of emptiness
There is also luminous white light;
And I am there too…
Phosphorescencent in the dark ocean depths
I am A yin and a yang that spins in perfect balance;
Complete…
-Nina
Very big piece. 2 ft by 2 ft. Done as fast as I could. About 20 minutes. 🙂
Consciousness (mind and mentation) is “the stuff” what we mistake to be subject and object, me and mine, us and things. There is no substantial me, mine, us, things, but only internal representations in our experience.
When you see a movie, the actors and the scenery are not there in the theater. They are images on film, projected on a screen. These images look like various persons and things, but they are all “made” of the same stuff: light and shadow.
In the same way, our every experience is only in and of consciousness, taking the form of (transforming into) subject and object, self and beings, phenomena and their characteristics. Our experience is never extra-mental. It is always internal.
Source: Projections
Instead of what you need; what about what you do not?
In a world of depressive materialism; poverty and pollution
I dont intent to tread on trend; pretenders I severed an end
Theres a fine line drawn in the sand; trampled
Without mindful intent; a spiritual glance
What is the zen and the trance; compassion enhanced
And when does my third eye open; to notice what controls my emotions
Carefully ponder; what I do and what I do not need
Eat, sleep and breathe
Clothing and shelter and ease
Calming peace and honourable deeds
No harm. No foul.
What I do. And what I do not need.
-Nina
GoodnightNina. 
You must be logged in to post a comment.