From "The Mystic Discourses" volume 5. (Some poetic reflections, after reading Endo Shusaku's "The Samurai," pictured above)
Tag: letting go

Smallness of Self
At last, it's all pleasing to me: to seek out this smallness of self.

Gather Us, If Thou Art Lowly
Meditations on the hope of all souls

At Last, I Will Learn
A meditation on learning to submit to things greater than us.

The Great Fight
Beneath the surfacing conflict of good an evil, there is a still more ancient war: it lies between the true Good that has no need to prove itself, and an …

The Tragedy and the Chance
Striving for joy is an endless striving. Lamenting for peace brings endless lament. Grasping for love becomes endless grasping. So, the tragedy of life finds no end. Who can escape …