My video poem sleep is god is now up on YouTube

© sleep is god by Steven Mayoff 2015

Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca

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https://youtu.be/Owg4lBn3T4o?si=Rz2SDNPB3zfR6Er6

"The universe in its own unique way, was slapping me silly and asking me to stop. And just try and be happy with what I have. Not find happiness with what I can have next. After all, in the end, it is about knowing what I am seeking really.

"The pattern repeats. Objects are what change.

"Things that somehow add up and pile up. Another new pen. Another new nib, new notebook. It’s all a distraction. Things that seem to bring happiness, but in the end are nothing but distractions from life and the emptiness of it." — Om Malik

So true.

#Tanha #desire #emptiness #materialism

https://om.co/2026/03/13/tanha-our-modern-consumerism/

True emptiness is like a translucent sea
where the faintest movement makes foam
as soon as we have a body
we worry about food and clothes with feelings racing past like horses and delusions as restless as monkeys
until we understand the Master of Emptiness
the Wheel of Rebirth rolls on

— Stonehouse

from "The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse" - Red Pine (tr.)

#zen
#buddhism
#emptiness

A quotation from Robert Banks Stewart

Robert Banks Stewart (1931-2016) Scottish screenwriter, television producer, journalist
Doctor Who (1963), 13×01 “Terror of the Zygons,” Part 1 (1975-08-30)

More about this quote: wist.info/stewart-robert-banks…

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🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ajahn Jayasaro 🪷

🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net

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✨ The wisdom beyond ✨

🪷 Pristine wisdom from Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) 🪷

💛 What’s here when you stop trying to describe it? 💛

🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/tP8f5S-l8kA

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By Tommy Mitchell

Really love this. I wonder what he saw that put this in his head, it has a feel, like the big bang. Nothing become something. Like fireworks but softer and more consistent. 🤯

#art #aboriginal #australia #booyah #itsAlive #unnerve #relax #everything #light #stars #emptiness #beyond #veil