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Complainers and Criticizers
Poem: Complainers and Criticizers are Cowards If you do it in my presence I will drop you off at the Temple For Buddhist Brain Surgery...
davidsmith208
May 26, 20181 min read
Sit still and say your magic words
Poem: To sit quietly and say your magic words Is a miracle. Usually you have lots of junk Slamming into your head Keeping the chit still...
davidsmith208
May 25, 20181 min read
Great Grandma’s Poem
A Poem by Japanese Waka poet Saigyo reminds me of a poem by Flora Holden Marett about her ship wreaked father George Marett of Jersey...
davidsmith208
May 21, 20181 min read
The best way to improve morning meditation
Poem: The best way to improve morning meditation Is a prior evening meditation The best way to improve evening meditation is a very long...
davidsmith208
May 18, 20181 min read
If only I could go to Harvard
Poem: If only I could go to Harvard I would have them hook up wires to my head then I would plunge into the world of the dead I would sit...
davidsmith208
May 18, 20181 min read
If only I could go to Harvard
Poem: If only I could go to Harvard I would have them hook up wires to my head then I would plunge into the world of the dead I would sit...
davidsmith208
May 18, 20181 min read
If only I could go to Harvard
Poem: If only I could go to Harvard I would have them hook up wires to my head then I would plunge into the world of the dead I would sit...
davidsmith208
May 18, 20181 min read
When I sit still like a tree
Poem: When I sit still like a tree I find there is a plump apple Hanging just before me So I’m able to harvest it and eat for free This...
davidsmith208
May 18, 20181 min read
Mindfulness Meditation
Poem: Mindfulness is for Pulitzer Prize winning children If I sat with them I would not count my breath I would cheat and leave the body...
davidsmith208
May 16, 20181 min read
Everything that happened to me
Poem: Every thing that happened to me I toss back into the sea Everything in the future Will not come true The things in the present Are...
davidsmith208
May 14, 20181 min read
My inner robot said
Poem: My inner robot said “Go sit in the Forest” I got an email from my gut Which said go find a Missing bug DS Poem May 14, 2018
davidsmith208
May 14, 20181 min read
If I only had the right chair
Poem: If I only had the right chair, the right book, the right herbs or sat in the right position at the right time with the right family...
davidsmith208
May 14, 20181 min read
Poem
Poem: If nirvana lies at the center Then action spirals out with passion Otherwise you just have distraction They say return to the...
davidsmith208
May 13, 20181 min read
Why I’m not going to VeggieFest
I'm not going to VeggieFest because I love my veggies so much I refuse to leave them. plus I am the worst disciple of the Master. I love...
davidsmith208
May 11, 20181 min read
Love is quiet
Poem: Love is quiet While desire has a lot of issues All the drama of your stories is the 75% It’s actually not that interesting You can...
davidsmith208
May 11, 20181 min read
Hexagram 52
Ichingfortune.com THE JUDGMENT POEM KEEPING STILL. Keeping his back still So that he no longer feels his body. He goes into his courtyard...
davidsmith208
May 7, 20181 min read
Rumi's Tale of the Townman and the villager
Come to the Country On a visit to the country The Masnavi by Jawed Mojaddedi The townsman and the villager Book Three starting at line...
David Smith
May 6, 20182 min read
A Notch above nothing diet
I could write an essay but it is more pleasant to write a poem: A notch above nothing diet I like to add just the minimum of fuel So the...
David Smith
May 5, 20181 min read
The mind is like mercury the only way to still it is to focus it on God
April 7th talk, Midwest Conference illinois
David Smith
May 1, 20181 min read
Poem
Empty, Chaste and Still And truly detached More on the other side Than here Head stuck in an MRI The great buddha Takes his seat Without...
davidsmith208
Apr 30, 20181 min read
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