After many weeks of dry sunny weather, we’ve now entered a more unsettled time – appropriate considering the political and economic climate. Then of course there’s the very unsettling thoughts of the elephant in the room named Brexit plus the shambolic state of affairs down south and the ever present concern of climate change.
So, the stormy weather – heavy rain and gales fits the current state of affairs. Looking out the other evening, the hills were completely hidden by a thick curtain of darkening storm clouds but the field just beyond our garden was bathed in the golden glow of evening sunlight. The farmer’s beasts seemed content and oblivious to the threatening sky.
Buddhism for Beasts
A leaden curtain masks distant hills,
while in the nearby field, cows graze
in warm evening sunlight –
unmoved by threatening storms.
Zen-like they enjoy the Now
until the one hand clap of thunder .
Life's a Beach 