What we call the beginning is often the end
T S Eliot, Little Gidding
And to make an end is to make a beginning
Mandala #244 – Hex root
Author: Graham Stephen
Mandala #243 – Forest fungi
In my beginning is my end
T S Eliot, East Coker
Mandala #242 – Raindrop encrusted blades
And the end and the beginning were always there
T S Eliot, Burnt Norton
before the beginning and after the end
And all is always now
Mandala #241 – Vulpine mittens
Words, after speech, reach into the silence
T S Eliot, Burnt Norton
Mandala #240 – Forest fern
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Mandala #239 – Forest path
To drink tea is to share in its steam, the curve of the cup, and the taste of the earth through its leaves. This is a time to listen to how the tea sounds when it’s poured. It’s sharing a time of stillness and breath, to listen in space and time, to admire the poetic movement of serving tea.
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Mandala #238 – Forest blur
The ancient sages said that it is wise to think that knowledge is ignorance but foolish to think that ignorance is knowledge.
Ray Grigg, The Tao of Being
Mandala #237 – Dog-eared
The blind, with eyes dark but minds bright, are guided first by obstructions.
Ray Grigg, The Tao of Being
Mandala #236 – Stellated racination
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank
