Author: clfuu

The view of the waterfall is lovely, but the view from behind the waterfall is magical. Sometimes it’s worth a bit of a scramble to see things from a new perspective.

When has a shift of perspective changed your view of the world?

All the locks in the world are not sufficient to keep a secret from escaping.

What truth have you attempted to keep locked up?

“Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.

Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.

Their language has been lost.

But not the gestures.”
―Vera Nazarian

What have you learned from listening to trees?

Listen, says the choral conductor, with wide ears. Listen with wide ears. Sing your part with good will, but always keep the wide ears that will let you mesh your part with the song of those around you.

What practices help you to widen your ears and improve how you listen to others?

After years of searching and suffering, the Buddha awoke to the secret of life in the practice of non-attachment. But others have discovered different secrets of life, some entirely contradictory. And surely there are more secrets of life revealed every day.

What secret of life has made you more awake?