Flowering Silence

“So will I build my altar in the fields,
And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,
And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields
Shall be the incense I will yield to thee.”
–   Samuel Taylor Coleridge –

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God.  Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.  As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
–  Diary of Anne Frank –

         To what shall I compare this life of ours?       

Even before I can say         

it is like a lightning flash or a dewdrop

 it is no more.

– Sengai –

(photos taken at Bodhizendo, Tamil Nadu, India)