Heaven and Earth have no preference

"Heaven and Earth have no preference

A man may choose one over another

but to Heaven and Earth all are same

The high, the low, the great, the small ---

all are given light

all get a place to rest."

- from Tao Te Ching: The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition

Heaven on Earth painting by Brenda Ellis Sauro.

Senryu: Nutty Squirrel

"Nutty squirrel eats nut

upside down defying gravity

and defying logic."

- Chris Veerabadran.

Haiku: Boxing in Sky

"A boxing match in sky

one side, the fiery sun, the other side,

the soothing moon confront."

- Chris Veerabadran.

Photo of Moon facing the Sun in the morning.

Haiku: Don't Hide Beautiful

"Moon tries to hide its

beauty, doesn't know that it is more

stunning at half-full."

- Chris Veerabadran.

Haiku: Mourning

"A mourning dove lies

dead on the grass where are the kin and

kith to mourn for it?"

- Chris Veerabadran.

Senryu: Lost and Found

"The greatest thing I found

on earth was love and the greatest

thing I lost was the same."

- Chris Veerabadran.

Painting from Rodra's Blog.

Haiku: Fall Begins

"Lone leaf from an oak tree

does harakiri by falling,

start of mass revolt?"

- Chris Veerabadran.

 

Oak leaf painting by Peter Sucy.

Face of the Day: A Girl's Hope in Pakistan

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis including this girl are stranded because of the recent floods. Will they get help on time? 

Please donate to UNICEF for Pakistan relief efforts.

Photo: A Dreamy Lake View

A lake in Switzerland.

Quote: Silence Baffles

"While silence may baffle,

Words can kill, cause pain, torture, enslave, belittle, weaken, destroy and more*."

- Chris Veerabadran in "All Are One".

* - in those cases it is better to be silent.



Picture of "Silence is the new loud" shirt from Zazzle.com.