“May we exist like the lotus,
At ease in muddy water”
– Zen proverb
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Cinematic Photographs of Tokyo at Night by Masashi Wakui
Journaling.
It’s 5 am in the city I call home. The usual wake up time and I’m remembering my dreams as I do every night; a more fluid world….slightly terrified simply because my vivid dream world is so different to the real world I wake up to. It takes me 45 minutes to aclimatise to the new energies coming into my psyche and today it was overwhelming.
Writing is something I do as soon as I get up, they say the subconscious mind is still active. Perfect for the creative type. I have my coffee and peace of mind as the words I create slowly fill the screen. Writing gives me peace of mind. It also gives me peace of mind to be in love and fully transitioned into the woman I am today. I feel lucky.
I have an extroverted mind yet there’s a side of me attached to my lonesome creative or playful alone time; the introverted side important for my growth as a person. I hate writing about myself in a sense because usually when I come back to it I’m either disappointed in myself or something doesn’t quite feel right. On the other hand if I write in completely positive pretext about my life and situations it seems to make me happy to look back to myself standing strong in the face of danger.
Today is amazing.
Nina
Sunrise
Open eyes.
“Life is like a tunnel but, you don’t have to close your eyes and hold your breath,”. -Nina
Nature and Buddhist Teachings – ~ Venerable Master Hsuan Hua; Liberating Life
“Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That’s why Buddhism teaches us to refrain from killing and to liberate creatures instead.”
~ Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
Liberating Life
A Zen story. By Nina Yin
In my search, for likeminded, a hastily search which I regret rushing through, I came across a monk but,more of a 21st century monk ( very outspoken ). Quite digital of a way to cross paths but yet very real, casually speaking at first but eventually ; Too real to handle while unsteady or unbalanced not admittedly so.
I told him “I am studying Buddhism.” Shortly after , He told me… “when you find the Buddha kill him,”
Baffled.
Questioning this quickly in my mind and Frightened was my initial reaction. Leaving the statement behind in haste; not looking back.
This was disturbing, a disturbing Koan in a form of statement, and as to why he told me took me months to understand what I thought was to be very dark.
Months passed,I had been cold, homeless, in and out of sanity, In love and in war with myself and others.But eventually I found a home; a place to study. January 1st 2016
A light was tossed into this deep catacomb of the statement, I am so blind! I concentrated on my breath and within seconds fell to sleep peacefully. But, what is important is that I don’t understand / didn’t understand and will never fully understand. “When you find the Buddha, kill him.”
Nina Yin
Zen
The warriors way
Today.
I hope that who’s reading this; unto them be blessed today:
With courage to overcome and knowledge to build this day up as something to remember
That you’re day has the essence of love and smiling comfort surrounds you
To feel creative and experience fresh new outlooks and ideas
I want you to believe in yourself, believe in your dreams and fantasies
Explore your inner self, your Devine self and the meaning of why you are here
I want you to trust the universe and to know:
Everything is going to be okay.
Yin; within.
When we practice sacred sexuality we are working with cosmologically rooted principles, balancing the heavenly yang (male energy) of the universe with the all-knowing, life-giving yin (feminine energy) of the earth.
Buddhaful Destiny **
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