Better inside

The year is gone
Long live the New Year!

My heart has grown
Fed by the past year

The tyrant is dead
Is Iraq a better place?

My heart has grown
I walk my path

Bombs in Bangkok
Greed feeds disgust

My heart has grown
There is only now

Crackers explode
Evicting bad spirits

My heart has grown
2007 awaits us!

Photograph: Lights wait patiently for us

Lake noise

Noise on the shore
Building gets brothers –
I’m attending birth

Photograph: Expansion of apartment hotel on Hanoi’s West Lake

Morning rays

Stunning rays

Morning touches leaves -

Life moves me

Photograph: Morning in the garden.

Inside the morning

Transparent flowers

Too small or tall -

Catch the morning

Photograph: Floral deco, The Club, Mulia Senayan Hotel

Cannot wait

cannot wait
have to move on
life waits me
but never long-
blazing colors
impregnating
if I want...


Photograph: 19th Floor, Intercontinental Hotel, Bangkok

Cup at a time

Living well is
like drinking coffee
take it one cup at a time...

Starbucks barista's words


Photograph: My Nespresso machine and favorite cup

Wings

Hugging is great
Never mind in what state
I prize togetherness
Souls bonding

We experience freedom
Spreading our wings to fly
From one branch to many
Living totally where we are

Photograph: Street decoration in Stockholm

Water

I keep growing
With love –
Refreshing water






Photograph: Letting Go, Osho Zen Tarot

Purple

Purple covers warm
souls exchanging unexpectedly –
Opportunities that knock brightly




Photograph: Thai airplane blanket

Traveler

Bones falling apart
Too tired –
Traveler, your name






Photograph: Traveling, Osho Zen Tarot

Night

The night casts darkness
Hearts shine –
Dawn for all






Photograph: Existence, Osho Zen Tarot

Thank you Basho

How timeless you are, Basho
Let me follow your steps

Situation or condition
Emphatic punctuation –
Sudden perception

The elements of Haiku

Intense inquiry

I circle the Truth
More awake than before
Problems are my signposts
Healing follows where Chi leads
Becoming whole is my daily journey
Good mood is always a choice

No other road exists for me
I keep eating my frogs
Daily growth continues

Intense inquiry
Brings dawn closer
I go with the flow
My heart warms


Photograph: Intensity, Osho Zen Tarot

Nest

Caring for a nest
Warming the good
Warning outsiders
Nurturing creation

Spirit of place

Same road traveled again
Car has two passengers only
The others soared westward
A moment of emptiness
A space is connected to friends
Or can I touch its own spirit?
Warm green firs greet me
As I pass by and celebrate


Photograph: place passed

Middle way

Every situation has its middle way
for action that I can enjoy and sustain

I avoid extremes like 'none' and 'all'
Become an expert in finding the way

Living each moment with awareness
allows me to choose without regret

Change is my travel mate always
Choice is alway in front of me


Photograph: main street in Vientiane

Connecting

Mind awake
Phone roams
Hands write
Heart warms

Hands roam
Phone quiet
Mind rushing
Heart warmer


Photograph: Blazing tulips

Spiral

Cool is the ice

Bodies in a swirl
Legs bend and kick
Arms reach ever longer
Bright colors radiating faces
Spiraling energy fuels growth

Fun never ends

Photograph: Skating in Marlborough, MA

A Woman's Love

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How can I compare a woman’s love?

Invisible at first, budding carefully
When nurtured with care like water

Growing strong in trust like roots
Opposites yield when attraction bonds

Until the earth trembles with the sky
Shedding dust in blooming creativity

Eclipsing memories in joyful exchange
Deep in sharing and high in demand

Nothing compares to a woman’s love


Photograph: flower in Thai Airways lounge in Bangkok

Morning

Life blossoms in the morning

Catch the soundless spectacle

Disturbingly new


Photograph: Morning at Vientiane's Settha Palace Hotel

Sensual

I love making love
Pulsating energies

Small attentions
Are everywhere

Big attraction
Not often is enough

My eyes are open
My senses keen

I turn to U's freq
Love can be made


Photograph: Art objects at Vientiane's Settha Palace Hotel

Celebrate

Celebrate now
High and low
Experience new vision
Go with the flow


Photograph: Basi ceremony, Thailand, painting in Thai Airways lounge, Bangkok

Connecting

I learn, I talk, I blog
I kiss, I love, I listen
Who is loving?
Who is restless?
Who wants?
Let go of wanting
Experience and tap
Be open and reach
Be unconventional
Be understanding and kind
Growth means big
Connecting dots
I love connecting
I’m already there

Vientiane, Laos, 7 July 2006

Photograph: Singapore Art Museum, Fiction@Love

Missing

I speak and dream in English
What is my heart’s language?
I feel something is missing
Do I trust that feeling?
Isn’t everything in and around me?
Nothing is mine


Photograph: Elevator panel detail, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok

Journey

A green London cab in Vientiane
Driving me to take off
Another journey
Going nowhere
I am already there

I continue my journey of self-discovery
Relaxing the mind anytime, anywhere
I find that my body follows


Photograph: London cab of the Settha Palace Hotel, Vientiane

Peace

Practising calm
Finding my genius and inner power
A peaceful mind is a creative mind
Inner peace is personal power

When I experience stress
I allow the world to influence me
I am not influencing anything

Turn to insperience
Good living is stopping to avoid myself
Get over victimitis
No one can hurt me without my permission
I won’t let anyone else live my life


Inspired by Mike George: The 7 AHA!s of Highly Enlightened Souls

Photograph: Singapore Art Museum, Fiction@Love

Guy in the mirror

I am not the guy in the mirror
I am a great soul
I cannot be hurt or extinguished
I love music, the rhythm of the soul
I am part of the eternal Universe

Photograph: Singapore Art Museum, Fiction@Love

No need

Why do I seek so much?
Isn’t everything here?
Am I not complete?
Why do I feel half full?
Why do I seek to fill more?
Attention, love, touch?

I turn inside, with openness
These words keep repeating
There is a message
Look inside and be open
I am a gorgeous soul
Life is everywhere
I join, participate
No need

Women and I, or Bare

I am becoming larger
Is great following good?

I’ve let Yin nurture my soul
Is it time for Yang to step out?

I am enough, I’m good, I’m great
Is there a shortcut to self-respect?

A woman’s life is not for me to follow
Will bitter evolve into sweet and fragrant?

I’m finding my way on the rock-strewn path
Can a woman’s love stay forever deep and rich?

The answers lie in me, and are born everyday
What I need now is to eat myself slimmer


29 June 2006, after return from a 3-day life break in Singapore

Photo: Fiction@love exhibition, Singapore Art Museum

Diving

diving into life

whatever the clothes

focusing on the bigger picture

smile and live each moment positively

29 June 2006

Photo:

Fiction@Art exhibition, Singapore Art Museum