Thursday, August 11, 2005

Love and Beauty

Love and Beauty,
both are fine.
None is great,
none is more.
Beauty proud,
it looks so good!
Love humble.
it likes the good.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

A moment...



drizzle mingles into
the whispering river
leaves dance to
the rhythm of rain-drops
mind and nature
exists none.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Rain



The nature of rain is the same,
but it makes thorns grow in the marshes
and flowers in the gardens.
~Arabic saying.

Emptiness




Sometimes there would be a rush of noisy visitors
and the Silence of the monastery would be shattered.

This would upset the disciples;
not the Master, who seemed just as content
with the noise as with the Silence.

To his protesting disciples he said one day,
"Silence is not the absence of sound,
but the absence of self."
~ Anthony de Mello

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Yoda Quotes


Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.


Do or do not... there is no try.


May the Force be with you.


Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.


Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are.


Always in motion is the future.


Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.


Named must your fear be before banish it you can.


You will find only what you bring in.


Not if anything to say about it I have.


Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall.


[Luke:] I can’t believe it. [Yoda:] That is why you fail.


Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice.


Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you.


The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is.


Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.


Pain, suffering, death I feel. Something terrible has happened. Young Skywalker is in pain. Terrible pain.


Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke... Luke... do not... do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor or suffer your father's fate you will. Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is... another... Sky... walker.


Ohhh. Great warrior.Wars not make one great.


The boy you trained, gone he is. Consumed by Darth Vader.


Lost a planet, Obi Wan has.


Happens to every guy sometimes this does.


Only the Dark Lord of the Sith knows of our weakness. If informed the senate is, multiply our adversaries will.


Feel the force!.


Around the survivors a perimeter create.


Good relations with the Wookiees, I have.


Not victory Obi won. The shroud of the darkside has fallen. Begun the clone war has.


Use your feeling, Obi-Wan, and find him [Anakin] you will.


Blind we are, if creation of this clone army we could not see.


Urm. Put a shield on my saber I must.


Save them [Luke and Leia], we must. They are our last hope.


Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.


When 900 years you reach, look as good, you will not.