i looked and the tree bloomed.

today i had a lesson in nonattachment.

i lost my led zeppelin tshirt. or, should i say, i accidentally dropped it somewhere between my car and my apartment and someone jacked it. one of my favorite tshirts, gone. it's silly, i know, but that tshirt rocked. just like zeppelin.

it's good though. i am learning to give up the transient things of this world. damn whomever invented the concept of ownership.

in springtime i'm always influenced more by my buddhist sensibilities. i think it's all the new life springing up around me. it's all about possibility.

the key to buddhism, and to living i think, is that you cannot take too seriously a life that is completely illusory.

if you're completely submerged in this life you cannot see it for what it is. the idiot distracted by the shadows on the wall of the cave doesn't see the sunlight streaming in through its mouth.

if you don't take life too seriously you can look at it objectively, make better and more rational decisions. you can play your life like a game, like its meant to be played and enjoyed. then you can shed your skin and smile as your soul slithers out.










p.s. it was only a matter of time: http://www.collegehumor.com/news/2005-01-20.napoleon.php