Not The Wind, Not The Flag

Two monks debated about a flag waving in the wind.

One monk says: "The flag moves."


The other says: "The wind moves."


Dajian Huineng, hearing the conversation, says:

"It is not the wind that moves.

It is not the flag that moves.

It is your mind that moves."

{The Gateless Gate, Case 29}
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~ Love & Mountain from Yoga Gypsy ~

We Are Life

Labour is blossoming or dancing where

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The body is not bruised to pleasure soul.

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Nor beauty born out of its own despair,

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Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.

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O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,

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Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?

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O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,

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How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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{William Butler Yeats}

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~ Love & Infinite Oneness from Yoga Gypsy ~

Meeting Remarkable Men

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by

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those who could not hear the music.

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{Angela Monet}

~ Love & Dance from Yoga Gypsy ~

Have A Heart

Our first teacher is our own heart.

{Cheyenne}

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~ Love & Heart from Yoga Gypsy ~

Got It? Drop It!

All the great masters say this, that one day you have to drop the method.

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And the sooner you drop it, the better.

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The moment you attain, the moment awareness is released in you, immediately drop the method.

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{Osho}

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~ Love & Let Go from Yoga Gypsy ~

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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{E. B. White}

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~ Love & Respect from Yoga Gypsy ~