The World Is Made of Stories

The stories that make sense of this world are part of this world. It is not by transcending the world that we are transformed but by storying it in a new way.

- David Loy, "The World Is Made of Stories"

Spring is Here

Since all habit belongs to either the deluded panic of samsara or the noble path of enlightenment, it is best to develop the positive habit of the path of enlightenment that always creates the positive energy of love and faith, until we attain the selfless appearance of the buddhas.

- Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, "Continuous Mind"

Someone Ordered a Shot and a Tattoo

On The Road

RIP RENO MMCF

Temple of the Weekend

Simply by turning on the light, you can instantly destroy the darkness. Likewise, even a rather simple analysis of ego-clinging and afflictive emotions can make them collapse. By suppression we may temporarily subdue our afflictive emotions, but only an investigation of their true nature will completely eradicate them.

—Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, “An Investigation of the Mind”

Ready to Roll

In painting, as in any art, we can escape the prison of our minds and connect with what transcends ordinary perceptions. And just as a body of water stays still while a wave-form moves through it, consciousness remains stable despite the constant motion and flow of our thoughts.

—Fredericka Foster, “Spotlight On: Fredericka Foster”

Do not speak ill of the Shovelhead, If you are speaking from a place of ignorance.

Bikes change, Riders change, the Feeling doesn't.

This mind that we identify as the self, which we could call ego-mind, controls everything we do. Yet it can't actually be found—which is somewhat spooky, as if a ghost were managing our home. The house seems to be empty, but all the housework has been done. The bed has been made, our shoes have been polished, the tea has been poured, and the breakfast has been cooked.

—Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, "Searching for Self"

Truth on a Ribbon of Highway

The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," 

and so it goes away. Puzzling.

-R. Pirsig

Actions, Not Words.

Impermanence

Everything is Transitive, even 16" apes and goofy ass mag wheels.

Kick It

After two months of ice age battery drain, one comes to appreciate a Kicker.

Especially when she roars to life on the second down-stroke.

Chasing Ghosts

Spring is Ghost

The slip in my clutch is a Ghost

That ever-present slow tire leak is a Ghost 

My rage is a Ghost

My serenity is a Ghost

I'm a Ghost