life is one
big
hurricane.

ji bo, 2011

Tilopa

Six Words of Advice from Tilopa

Let go of what has passed.
Let go of what may come.
Let go of what is happening now.
Don't try to figure anything out.
Don't try to make anything happen.
Relax, right now, and rest.

when traveling, take map;
when flying, take plane;
when walking, take path;
when swimming, take snorkel;
when laughing, take breath;
when crying, take handkerchief;
when visiting galaxies, take rocket ship;
when meeting monkeys, take banana;
when skydiving, take parachute;

when meeting Buddha, take nothing.

Ram Dass, Atlanta 1978

when life is in transit,
release emergency break.


ji bo, 2011

In order
to explain
life
one must
live.


ji bo, 2011

“As an hour, so is this life”

anonymous Roman writer