Returning from The Big One — the Climate March in London last weekend organised by XR, and then remembering….
Looking back in my sketchbook to July 2021. When my “river” work stood up, b came Beings, and gathered! An uprising!
1) “How do they relate to beings?
They are noble, self-contained, but intimate, empathic, sensing, radiating energetic stillness and depth. They are aware of the space they occupy and the proximity to others. They want to communicate and relate, but they do not want to lose their self-sense/integrity.
The many noble Bodhisattva Mahasattvas.
Bodhi svaha — awakening thus it is. Awakening ones, awakening ones, with Life awakening ones.”
2) Like a peaceful march. They are a force. Gentle and forceful. Walking. Picking up supporters on the way.
Walking towards….. No fear. That’s gone now.
Boji ya, boji ya, bi bojiya, bi bo da ya, Boda ya, boda ya, biboda ya, bi boda ya.
Awakened Ones, Awakened Ones, with Life-awakened Ones, with Life-awakened Ones,
Awakening Ones, Awakening Ones, with Life-awakending Ones, with Life-Awakening Ones. (Bu hin Shu Dharani)
3) They are on the move! They are coming home. They are walking, processing, others are joining, Rising up. Silently, purposefully, joyfully, seriously, moving together. Lit from within. They many Noble Mahasattva Bodhisattva. Bring them on! Call them in!
4) and 5) From Dogen’s Mountains and Rivers Sutra, from Zen Art: Mountains and Rivers Sutra by John Daido Loori.
“It is because the blue mountains are walking that they are constant. This walk is swifter than the wind. the blue mountains are neither sentient or non-sentient, the self is neither sentient of non-sentient….
The blue mountains commit themselves to the practice of walking. The East mountain commits itself of the study of walking over water….”
6) ….”These are beings, sensitive, complex, shining, mysterious beings. Strong and silent but expressive. Messages from the future. Voices from the future…. From the past and the future — coming from both directions. …. They will march for the right cause…..”
7) …”Movement is impossible… Movement is possible…. No-movement is not possible……”