“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”

Love Sucks?... Oké... maar ook... Swallow... en... Bites... niet?

Er zijn van oudsher vele namen voor dit ene doel: wijsheid, onze ware aard, bewustzijn, innerlijke vreugde, mededogen, vrijheid, zelfverwerkelijking.

Als sterveling word je bezield door vragen en drijfveren.
Zen beoefening maakt alles op een directe, voelbare manier duidelijk.

In de woorden van Shunryu Suzuki roshi, een hedendaags leraar:

Wie de kern van de waarheid zoekt,

heeft de liefde in zichzelf gevonden.

Alles van waarde is weerloos

Wake up and face reality, realize there is no god
Wake up open your eyes, no paradise on the other side.
Heaven and Hell are here and now,
just lived them and smile...

Knight In Shining Armor

I lie if I say
I do not miss him.
because I do.
I miss the dream
I had of him.

I dreamed he was
a knight in shining armor,
who was truly good,
faithful and loyal.

His soft voice spoke
of me, to me.

I dreamed of comfort,
joy, peace of mind.
I dreamed I was loved
by him as
a worthy and
desirable woman.

My life is a dream.
Sleep is my life.
All day, all evening I dream,
until I sleep.

Then I touch him.
I hold him.
I never lose him.
He is my Knight in Shining Armor
when I sleep.

Night In Shining Armour 
 
If I could walk from my dreams,
I would walk into the waking world in shining armour.

Glissening in the sun, to blind my fears.
Steel true and strong to shield me from hate and loathing.

To protect my heart from the lances of wanting.
And my mind from the daggers of shame.

A night in shining armour to spend free of worldly pain.
A night in shining armour to play the hero again.

I could walk to you, without a worry or care.
For no matter how they dare,

They could not pierce the shining steel
That reflects the light in my heart shining for you.

A night in shining armour to be wrapped in steel.
A helmet to hide the face that belies how I feel.

Gauntlets to hide the hands that show my love.
Armour to protect my heart from the difficulties of love.

To have one night in shining armour,
I would walk from my dreams.

To have the protection of a hero, so I can see,
What a night is like without the pain of the real world hindering me.

You've got the will, boy
You've got the power now
Ain't to use to run
Ain't to use to hide
Take a ride on night life
It's not a good life
And I hear you screaming inside

Oh boy
You're a lonesome Zorro
Oh boy
You're a lonesome Zorro

Don't act like a Don Juan
Making love like Peter Pan
And I hear you screaming inside

All day has been a high
The next day's been a low
And I hear you screaming inside

(Oh boy
You're the lonesome Zorro)
(Oh boy
You're a lonesome Zorro)
Oh boy
You're a lonesome Zorro
And I hear you screaming inside