The saying
"By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and Third by experience, which is the bitterest"
is credited to whom?

tornados and cicadas
and falling airplane parts
the moon needs a timezone
another random collection of junk

As long as you are subject
To a life bound by force of habit,
You are not free from the
Burden of the body.

~ Kuei-Shan (771-854)

@hand-of-hecate said
https://www.weremember.com/timothy-nimmo/6w9y/memories

he cast many stag sculptures in bronze
when i did the facebook thingie, i enjoyed watching the processes he documented

Baby Sabreen saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68903591

Mike Pinder, keyboardist co-founder of Moody Blues, dies at 82

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/04/25/mike-pinder-moody-blues-death/6731714090109/

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome;
if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent;
if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

~ Lord Salisbury

Like the little stream
Making its way
Through the mossy crevices,
I, too, quietly
Turn clear and transparent.

~ Hakuin (1686-1768)


You should know that your own mind’s aware essence is neither finite nor eternal, by nature neither defiled nor pure. It is still and complete; it is the same in ordinary people and saints, responding effectively without patterns, apart from mind, intellect, and discriminating consciousness.

~ Shih-t’ou (700-790)

https://www.dailyzen.com/

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

~ Herman Melville
US novelist & sailor (1819 - 1891)

Just don’t seek from another
Or you’ll be far estranged from the Way.
I now go on alone
Meeting it everywhere
It now is just what I am
I now am one with it.
You must comprehend in this way
To merge with thusness.

~ Dongshan Liangjie (807-869)

@vivify

voyager 1
billions of miles from earth, gets a hiccup in the software
IT people fix it via magic
the machine resumes data flow

BILLIONS of miles from earth

the most popular guy at the nudist colony can fetch a dozen doughnuts and two cups of coffee

seven minutes to read this

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/automakers-hope-cut-two-way-ev-charging-becomes-real-2024-04-22/

charge yer electric car at night, it's cheap juice
leave it plugged into the grid during the day, sell the juice back at a profit

@BigDogg

my electric car lowers my carbon footprint, but adds to the woes of the texas power grid
my electric lawnmower is so quiet i can hear the grass scream as i cut it
my electric insect fogger takes four different poisons to kill all the stuff my non-buddhist tush cannot stand buzzing in my ear
my electric chainsaw can dismember a body just a quickly as my ole stihl
my electric stepford wife never runs outta juice
my electric toothbrush has a tiny short that tingles so sweet
my dodge challenger makes a lot of noise

To practice the Tao
Is like defending the forbidden
Royal Palace under invasion.
Guard it closely with your life,
And fight for it with all your might!
Behold, if the freezing cold
Has not yet penetrated
To the core of your bones,
How can it be possible for you
To smell the fresh fragrance
Of the blooming plum blossom?

~ Huang Po