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Without Asking to Be Remembered

#poetry (alt text)
I walked out into the morning the light still uncertain among the branches shadows lying across the ground as though they were waiting for someone to notice I followed the path where the leaves had fallen long before I came their silence spoke to me not in words but in the way they rested without asking to be remembered & I thought of the voices that once filled this air the laughter that rose in the evenings the questions that never found answers all carried away like water slipping through its own reflection I kept walking and the river appeared moving without hesitation its surface breaking into a thousand mirrors none of which stayed I leaned down and touched it but the moment was already gone & the sound of it continued as if nothing had happened as if nothing ever could happen except what was already passing on the far bank the trees bent into the current their roots tangled with stones older than any memory they did not resist they leaned as though listening to something I could not hear & I wondered if silence itself might be a kind of hearing that outlasts the need for answers I thought then of your hand in mine how it fit without effort the way a shadow fits the ground and how it slipped away not into absence but into another form of presence that follows me still though I do not speak of it when I stop walking it arrives and when I move again it goes on ahead like the path itself always leading somewhere I cannot remain the sky shifted and the birds lifted out of the trees without warning their wings making a sound that might have been the air remembering itself I looked up until they were gone and the space they left behind was filled with light as though nothing had left at all & I knew then that the world had never been waiting for me yet it carried me as it carried everything without choosing without keeping and that even as I turned back the grass already rising in my footsteps it would continue without end without forgetting without needing a reason
September 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Pause between in and out -
a small island of not-knowing.
Step there and stay awhile -
the world rearranges itself.

#Mindfulness-of-breathing (Ānāpānasati) #Insight (Vipassanā) #Non-striving
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Photo of a monk sitting peacefully at the river Pause between in and out - a small island of not-knowing. Step there and stay awhile - the world rearranges itself.
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
A spider’s web holds dew -
each bead a small mirror.
Touch one, and the whole net shivers -
you are never only you.

#Interbeing #Right-View (Sammā Diṭṭhi) #Dependent-Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda)
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Photograph of dew on a spider’s web in the forest A spider’s web holds dew - each bead a small mirror. Touch one, and the whole net shivers - you are never only you.
September 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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oevermann.bsky.social
Sunday opens
like a fist
soft with forgiveness

#poetry
September 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
He held his anger
like a sword-
until he saw
his own reflection
on the blade.

#Mindfulness #Right-action #Insight
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Photo of an angry man, staring at his own image reflected in his sword. He held his anger like a sword- until he saw his own reflection on the blade.
September 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Compassion
is not letting them walk over you-
it’s standing
without hate
even as you say
no.

#Lovingkindness (Mettā) #Equanimity #Right-Speech
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a peaceful monk, standing with his hand up in front of an angry man. Compassion is not letting them walk over you- it’s standing without hate even as you say no.
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Anger rises-
a wave, sharp and high.
Let it pass.
You are not the wave.
You are the ocean.

#Mindfulness #Non-attachment #Patience
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a wave. Anger rises- a wave, sharp and high. Let it pass. You are not the wave. You are the ocean.
September 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
A sparrow landed
on the monk’s shoulder.
They sat in silence—
and both
understood everything.

#Interbeing #Stillness #Awareness
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a monk sitting with a sparrow on his shoulder. A sparrow landed on the monk’s shoulder. They sat in silence— and both understood everything.
September 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Don’t chase silence.
Just stop feeding
the noise.

#Right-Effort #Mindfulness #Simplicity
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a meditating monk. Don’t chase silence. Just stop feeding the noise.
August 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
A child’s laugh
echoed across the temple stones.
That, too,
was meditation.

#Joy (Muditā) #Awareness #Non-duality
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Photo of a child monk, laughing in front of the temple. A child’s laugh echoed across the temple stones. That, too, was meditation.
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
You don’t have to end the storm.
Just keep the lamp lit
for those finding their way.

#Right-Intention #Compassion (Karuṇā) #Generosity
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a lamp lit inside a monastery doorway during the rain. You don’t have to end the storm. Just keep the lamp lit for those finding their way.
August 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Forgiveness is not a river’s rush-
it’s the slow work
of thawed snow,
finding its way to sea.

#Patience #Compassion (Karuṇā) #Liberation
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a river and landscape with snow melting toward the water. A crane sits by the shore. Forgiveness is not a river’s rush- it’s the slow work of thawed snow, finding its way to sea.
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
You do not have to shine.
Even the moon
lets the night
hold her in darkness
and still
the tide obeys.

#Interbeing #Self-Acceptance #Trust
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Image of the moon in a dark sky over the ocean You do not have to shine. Even the moon lets the night hold her in darkness and still the tide obeys.
August 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
When the heron
stands in still water,
it does not wonder
if the fish will come-
it simply waits.

#Mindfulness (Sati) #Right-Effort #Patience
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a heron standing still in the lake. When the heron stands in still water, it does not wonder if the fish will come- it simply waits.
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
You are not late.
The path appears
when you’re ready
to walk it.

#Trust #Right-Timing (Sammā Vāyāma) #Inner-Readiness
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Drawing of a monk walking along the path in the countryside. You are not late. The path appears when you’re ready to walk it.
August 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Not every answer
needs a voice.
Some truths
are learned
by sitting
with the question.

#Mindfulness (Sati) #Right-View (Sammā Diṭṭhi) #Wisdom (Paññā)
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Drawing of a monk sitting in meditation. Not every answer needs a voice. Some truths are learned by sitting with the question.
August 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
As You Think, So You Are

A mind is a mirror.
Polish it with fear,
and fear will stare back.
Polish it with hope,
and the world will open.

#Mindfulness (Sati) #Right-View (Sammā Diṭṭhi) #Karma (Cause and Effect of Mental States)
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a seated child monk. As You Think, So You Are A mind is a mirror. Polish it with fear, and fear will stare back. Polish it with hope, and the world will open.
August 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
A river’s song
does not change
for the ears that hear it.
So too,
with truth-
it flows
whether welcomed
or ignored.

#Integrity #Right-Speach #Dharma
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a small river, moving into the distance A river’s song does not change for the ears that hear it. So too, with truth- it flows whether welcomed or ignored.
August 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
The crow called once-
a sound sharp as winter.
And yet,
in that cry,
the whole sky
answered.

#Interbeing #Right-View #Awareness
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a crow calling from a branch. The crow called once- a sound sharp as winter. And yet, in that cry, the whole sky answered.
August 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
You spoke gently
to the one
who didn’t deserve it.
That was the moment
you stepped free
from the story
they tried to write you into.

#Compassion (Karuṇā) #Right-Speach #Liberation
#poem #poetry #buddhism
A peaceful monk encountering an angry man. You spoke gently to the one who didn’t deserve it. That was the moment you stepped free from the story they tried to write you into.
August 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
Cherry blossoms fall-
a breeze scatters this moment
never to return.

#haiku #poetry
Photograph of a cherry blossom. Cherry blossoms fall— a breeze scatters this moment never to return.
August 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
He wept
for someone else’s suffering-
and in that moment,
the Dharma
spoke through salt
and silence.

#Compassion (Karuṇā) #Right-Intention #Empathy #Dharma
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a monk weeping. He wept for someone else’s suffering- and in that moment, the Dharma spoke through salt and silence.
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
You held your breath
for a life
that never arrived.
But it was here-
in the steam
of your morning tea,
the soft weight
of being alive.

#Mindfulness #Right-View #Impermanence
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Painting of a monk holding a steaming cup of tea. You held your breath for a life that never arrived. But it was here- in the steam of your morning tea, the soft weight of being alive.
July 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
The silence you fear
is not empty.
It is your own voice,
finally
without echo.

#Emptiness (Śūnyatā)
#Right-Speech #Direct-Experience
#poem #poetry #buddhism
Drawing of a monk with eyes closed in meditation. The silence you fear is not empty. It is your own voice, finally without echo.
July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
nobletruth.bsky.social
To win the war
against yourself,
you must lay down
every weapon—
especially the ones
called “truth.”

#Right-View
#Letting-Go #Non-duality
#poem #poetry #buddhism
A monk sitting in meditation. To win the war against yourself, you must lay down every weapon— especially the ones called “truth.”
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM