That’s what we would say as kids when asked where we had been. I have been there and back and there and back several times in the past days. All good stuff except for time spent in the rain admiring the wild flowers on the side of the M6 motorway while waiting for the rescue truck! No photos of the flowers however here’s a couple of pictures for you.
Shed art spotted by blog reading companion while out on a walk today.
Champion Beagles at a petrol station. sad eyes.
Beagle pack. Talking to the proud owner as I filled up with petrol I caught the sense of what they are all about. What they are bred for. That’s hunting. What is it about the eyes of those hounds? Their sad eyes drew me in.
We say best foot forward.
And taking the next step.
And As we walk on distinctions between near and far are lost.
We talk about Going on, always going on.
But did you ever think about
how
the foot that steps out
quickly becomes
the foot that is behind
in the past?
Forgetting is
walking on.
With a bow of gratitude to the woman who inhabits her feet shown in the photograph.
In Buddhism it is said that good prevails and evil is vanquished, this is one of the laws of the universe. I have seen that this is manifested over and over in the myriad kindnesses and the small acts of friendship done along the way. It is not dependent on the “grand act” that one might think hearing this stated in its rather old-fashioned way.
Perception, visual perception, is interesting. Our eyes zoom in and out effortlessly. Now near, now far away. Now mid distance. The whole of the scene is taken in while particulars take their place.
Walking around the fields these past couple of days, dim and cloudy as it has been, these scenes called to me drawing out a field of view where one can become large of mind. Ah! The hills, the flower, the fields.
Recently an elderly friend signed off her email with, Happy Jubilations! When I allow myself to mentally expand my field of view I can echo her sentiment.
Practice Within The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
