Oct 22, 2004 15:40
ooh, it's cloudy today...i think i have reverse seasonal affective disorder.
(from the Tibetan Book of the Dead),
Death's Messengers
All they who thoughtless are, nor heed,
What time Death's messengers appear,
Must long the pangs of suffering feel
In some base body inhabiting
But all those good and holy (wo)men,
What time they see Death's messengers,
Behave not thoughtless, but give heed
To what the doctrine says;
And in attachment frighted see
Of birth and death the fertile source,
And from attachment free themselves,
Thus birth and death extinguishing.
Secure and happy ones are they,
Released from all this fleeting show;
Exempted from all sin and fear,
All misery have they overcome.
Anguttara-N'kaya
OM MA-NI PAD-ME HUM
Mayan Oracle- Cimi- surrender, release, death, transmutation, forgiveness, humility, revelation
Symbol- moss (growth in death)
Color- deep green
Stone- jade, emerald, malachite
Plant- valerian, willow, gardenia
word of the day- 'serenity'