monk holds sun over his head
man walks with yellow balloon
amputee one leg crutch dark eyes
window taxi goes up
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in between surise and sunset
exploring close radius
"Let me try" says a young boy edging a spoon onto
egg circumfragrences
flowers 4 sale everywhere -
yellow edges, roses, impossible to identify
everyone buys bouquets for homes
color dances down the street
i feel alive here
The Circle Train goes around Yangon.
$1 - three hours.
Kindness of strangers - ticket man points out track.
Wait there. The train is red. Thank you.
Slow, steady, easy smiles.
Ride the rails. Move.
Families on a Sunday picnic with straw mats and bags - food, beverages.
Wide eyed kids hang out windows watching people, places, things.
Old cement structures, time warp - long ago.
Roll past corregated heaven, bamboo homes, rice paddies.
Shy smiles, hey it's a stranger!
Let's have an adventure.
Yes. Make it new day by day make it new.
New country, renewal since Mandalay 1.5 years back.
New city - Yangon, traffic jams, new living space on the 8th floor - climbing up flights of cement stairs staring at your feet, walk softly, 114 steps. Exactly. Reminds you of narrow Chinese neighborhood flats, dwellings. Street talk. Habitats for humanity.
Flocks of crows welcome you. I salute the sun.
Caw, caw, swivel black eyes scanning the universe. Wing music.
New language company of educators from global births. Gifted transient masters of their destiny.
Soft gentle light staff. Land of smiles.
Process new sensations.
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Here is a book of tongues.
Take it. (Dark leaves invade the air.)
Beware! I now know a language so beautiful and lethal
My mouth bleeds when I speak it.
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"There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have begun asking why there was nothing."
- Jostein Gaarder
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"In our ordinary experience, there is the world and there is you. Recognizing this does not mean that you are going against the Buddha's teaching of egolessness. There is definitely something there, which is the working basis and magic of the path. You cannot negate that you taste a good cup of coffee. You cannot say that there is no coffee and there is no you to taste it - there are such things! Mindfulness of life is based on that kind of immediate appreciation."
- Chögyam Trungpa
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