The Spirit will teach you......

Cherish that which is within you,
and shut off that which is without.
                               --- Chuang Tzu

Who are you?

We are who we are,
even if sometimes
we forget.
                         --- K, Men In Black II

Happy Valentine's Day

If I see a fluffy tail disappear
     around a corner,
I know it is you.
When I hear a meow from another room,
I know it is you.
When I call, you run to me,
and my face fills with a smile.

You are there...
   when I come home,
   when I rest,
and I cannot think of living
   without your gentle touch.
You are the only Valentines I need,
   Grayson, Maizi and Abbi.

Silent as Winter

Falling autumn leaves bare the branches,
naked under the cooling sun.

But the pin oak holds on,
wrapped in its papery scales
like a crocheted sweater,
anticipating winter's chill.

.... and they sing.
The chilled breezes rustle the cocoa-hued wrap,
and the whispering chant assures the world ---
                    I AM

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All good.

To be truly united with all in knowledge, love and service,
and thus to realize the Self in the omnipresent God,
is the essence of good.
                                   --- Rabindranath Tagore

The superior human...

There are three marks of a superior human:
being virtuous, he is free from anxiety;
being wise, she is free from perplexity;
being brave, he is free from fear.
                            --- Confucius

Endurance

Both Heaven and Earth endure forever.
The cause of their endurance
      is their indifference.
                                  --- Lao Tzu

"Heaven" and "Earth" however, are part of the created worlds, which are not forever. That they endure is the will of the Creator as they evolve within their own limited systems, affected by their particular systems'  laws. How long will they endure? -- I don't know, nor does anyone know, but the One Who set these worlds in motion.

There is only One

When you look at that unchanging Existence from the outside,
       you call it God;
and when you look at it from the inside, you call it yourself.
       It is but One.
                                                                           -- Swami Vivekananda