Mindfulness
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Photography 3
Today,let a good photobe your textfor prayer. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Photography 2
I[click]take pictures[click]to meet[click]God. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Soon Enough
Death comes soon enough;Why invite it in early? Why be jealous? Why be angry? Why nurse the grudge, rehearse the hurt? Why resent? Why fear? Why welcome decay?Why hurry death? Soon enough. Soon enough. Text… Continue reading
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Sophia Again
She stepped from the broom closetlike a dinner guest exiting the powder room."Missed me?" she asked. "Like gas pain," I answered. "You know I'm here to relieve the pain?" "Yes, I know that." She eyed the box of Russel Stovers… Continue reading
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Imagined Invaders
Ego is a fine servantbut a dangerous master. Observe it– a yappy dog barking at imagined invaders–but do not make ityour identity. Never take ego(yours or mine)seriously. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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All Steps on the Path
When you realize you've stopped paying attention,you are paying attention. When you recognize you're not here,you are here. When you become aware that you're living outside of now,you've returned to now. These are steps on the path called mindfulness,on the… Continue reading
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Meeting the Self on a Dark, October Night
I met my selfwhile walking home last nightalong a dark, October road,lined with leafless trees,swept by a coarse wind,smelling of approaching snow. I met my selfand knew he was but a ghost,a resonance of past illusion,an echo of concepts and… Continue reading
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Training
This is practice,and I am in training. I meditate,and the mind jumpslike a caffeinated kangaroo. This is practice,and I am in training. I breathe,feel the equanimity,until someone in the officepushes one of my several buttons. This is practice,and I am… Continue reading
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Keep Waking Up
Keep waking up. You woke up this morning;now wake up to this moment:this moment is not here to usher you into the next,but exists for its own sake. This is the kingdom–this moment–now. Now is it hand.Wake up to this… Continue reading
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Silence
Silenceis an invitationto go deep. Try it now. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading