"... Just let things be ...."

… Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going. Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed.

 Sengcan

"I know not what ...."

I know not what I seek eternally


on earth, in air, and sky;


I know not what I seek; but it is something


that I have lost, I know not when,


and cannot find, although in dreams invisibly


it dwells in all I touch and see.



Ah bliss! Never can I recapture you


either on earth, in air, or sky,


although I know you have reality


and are no futile dream.





Rosalia de Castro

july2024