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What do you see when the wind blows among the trees?

Colors splatter the landscape with blooms and the glistening of light

The earth is a breathing, moving thing

It is our mother

Our Father

Our soul

Do any souls ever leave us?

Parents

Brothers

Sisters

Sons

Daughters

Do they really leave us?

Do we leave them?

The earth is our soul

The universe is the sea in which that souls moves

What is that you see in the colors?

When the white reflection shows on the water

The subtle glistening of pollen in the air

There is where the souls of our loved ones peer back at us

And there also we see our own soul

: photo by Petteri Sulonen

I’m sure you have seen the face of the Laughing Buddha, but have you ever thought about this being the face of God? Every face that we see is the face of God, whether that is each other, Krishna, Jesus, or Budai, the Laughing Buddha. Every person, place, or thing is an avatar of God.

Budai lived during the first century in China. He was a Zen monk who was known for his happiness and jolly appearance. The jolliness of Budai, which survives now in the form of his appearance as the Laughing Buddha, fully and purely expresses the true nature of everything God is. The Laughing Buddha expresses everything that God is: joy, happiness, laughter, and abundance. Continue reading →

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