…technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize they are one and the same process as the universe
Alan Watts, Tao, The Watercourse Way (1975)
Mandala #343 – Sakura
Photography
Mandala #342 – Bodnant X
We feel justified in exploiting it [the world] ruthlessly, but now we are belatedly realizing that the ill treatment of the environment is damage to ourselves.
Alan Watts, Tao, The Watercourse Way (1975)
Mandala #341 – Bodnant IX
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Mandala #340 – Bodnant VIII
To live with “what is” is to be peaceful
Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Mandala #339 – Bodnant VII
An artist’s expression is his soul made apparent […] Behind every motion, the music of his soul is made visible.
Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Mandala #338 – Bodnant VI
Uncarved
Once a statue is finished
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
It is too late to change the arms
Only with a virgin block
Are there possibilities
Mandala #337 – Bodnant V
Obscurity
The path is difficult to ensure worthiness
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
The lazy look elsewhere
The persevering find riches
Mandala #336 – Bodnant IV
Everyone has their own style in life. The old have perspective. The young have vigor. We can learn from each other, but we cannot have what the other generations possess.
Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
Mandala #335 – Bodnant III
If your mind is related to something outside itself, that mind is small mind, a limited mind. If your mind is not related to anything else, then there is no dualistic undertstanding in the activity of your mind. You understand activity as just waves of your mind. Big mind experiences everything within itself. Do you understand the difference between the two minds: the mind which includes, and the mind which is related to something? Actually they are the same thing, but the understanding is different, and your attitude towards life will be different according to which understanding you have.
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
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