Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: zen

  • The rocks are impermanent, too

    Wednesday evening when we were writing death poems at our zen center, there was another person who was exploring the metaphor of rivers and rocks in her poem. Only this person emphasized the erosion of the rock as the water rushed over it. I’ve been thinking about her poem since I wrote yesterday’s blog post.…

  • A death poem for the new year

    A death poem for the new year

    The river rushesTaking everything with itWhile the rocks are still.

  • We are the ocean

    We are the ocean

    Grasping at things is surely delusion; according with sameness is still not enlightenment – From The Sandokai “Enlightenment, for a wave in the ocean, is the moment the wave realises it is water.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh Our teacher gave a really interesting talk at our meditation group last night and it made me think,…

  • Light and Dark

    Light and Dark

    Refined and common speech come together in the dark,  clear and murky phrases are distinguished in the light. ……… In the light there is darkness, but don’t take it as darkness; In the dark there is light, but don’t see it as light. From “Harmony Of Difference And Sameness,” a poem by Zen Master Shitou…

  • Discipline and routine

    I’ve been meditating for about 7 years, but I have had a really hard time sticking to a regular meditation routine. It seems like it is really easy to talk myself out of it. Any excuse will work for me. Meditation is, if I’m being honest, quite boring. All you do is sit there for…