WELCOME ALL

Monday

June 15th 2020

5:30 a.m.

Manhattan View

"Appreciate Yourself"
TAKE AWAY
Commit to Sit Dharma session
with Gerry Shishin Wick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Shishin_Wick
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Front Yard Discomforts
Police Private Vehicles

Blocking residential Sidewalks

Other Scenes

from the Neighborhood

 4 p.m.
weather changing

 5 p.m.

6 p.m.
Unknown folks have pulled chairs from the trash and made themselves a little spot. They stare at the precinct and talk among themselves only.

 7 p.m.
Supper

 8 p.m
Gone

9 p.m.
Looking West

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Tuesday
June 16th
1:30 a.m
Garbage truck woke me to
the end of the chairs

<<<Sleep>>>

6 a.m.
Looking East

There's so much to say, so much to pay attention to
I'm unable to conjure sufficient words.

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The Four Vows
Sentient beings are numberless; I vow to save them.
Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them.
The Dharmas are boundless; I vow to master them.
The Buddha Way is unattainable; I vow to attain it.

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I walk
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 and walk

Observing others

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Then, having given up waiting for the absentee ballot I requested of three separate organizations in May, I went to the nearest polling place and Voted early for the Primary.
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Gleanings
Feverfew and Nightshade

I'll plant the root in my Street Pot

 Supper
A gift of Organic Kale, Celery and Onions.
I also have little potatoes and Garlic

Soups On
I'm going to watch

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Wednesday 

June 17thUnwell today and unable to rise. Spent most of the day in bed, then staggered about unsure of what to do, foggy brained and aching bodied. Homeopathic remedies, soup and sleep were all I could manage. At 5 p.m. I began preparing to attempt a Zoom session with my Zendo, The Cell has been uncooperative, but after a call to my dharma brother Alex, I was back on track. He persisted and figured out what the problem was. I'm so grateful for him. It was comforting to sit with the Sangha. Circumstance is not always as I wish it might be-an understatement considering the pandemic, the protests and the ongoing stress of painful news from our Federal Administration, as well as alarming news from the larger world. Friends in Florida are gearing up for Hurricane season and friends in Manhattan are dealing with life threatening issues. Often, there is little I can do to help but listen. I took no photographs. Restlessness and discomfort tossed me about until I finally succumbed to oblivion.
Woke early on the 18th completely restored.

Guest House
by Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

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