direction

 Prayer

is turning 

mind and

heart

(in)to

God

free, free, and empty

 Try not to be annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

In the Ch’an perspective 

 

Wisdom is a state 

 

That is free from attachments, 

 

Free from measurement, 

 

Free from self-reference 

 

And empty of vexation.

--Sheng Yen (1931-2009)

Everything that happens out here is chimera.

All is an impossible, wild, or unattainable dream, fantasy, or illusion. 

I know this is so because it is the way things are and the way I am.

There’s no one to blame.

No one to hate.

No one to say “He did it.”

Were we wise we would see this as it is.

Then we’d be able to decide how we’d want to be in the midst of how things are.

Yes, yes, and yes!