Daniel Ladinsky

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Inner Bumper Stickers & The Quantum Leap

I guess you just have to rock-n-roll with whatever specks of angel dust might land on ya or that you may somehow grab, as I don't think they are easy to come by these days. 

For me it now seems Inner Bumper Stickers Inc. ... has dawned, sprouted from an atom of the Sun. And here is our very first one. 

And who couldn't use (and doesn't use in various ways) some kind of inner compass; or read billboards within; or have some kind of an Oracle you can tune into (aka: some kind of Inner Bumper Stickers) that can help your mind and heart drive the car of your body…. scooting around the kitchen with greater ease, and navigating the hour, the minutes, and days the best one can? More like the royal queen or king you really are— with existence your reign. 


So sure, with all your relationships, including passing strangers, and with any birds near. Absorbing a real IBS into your marrow might even cause you to sprout wings. IBS? Come on, you know .... see the title of this blog again. 


In short, about all I have said so far— being a munchkin isn't easy! But good poems can help! I have seen some. I have written some. And that phrase: existence your reign. That just popped in, and feel it is worth repeating. As is this next:


When he is really everything!”


"When he is really everything!" 


Well, that is a big, big thought. But I don't think Enlightenment should ever be limited. I think true Enlightenment would be Oneness, a profound Oneness with Everything All the great world teachers throughout history knew this, and still do. And any of the, always-to-me, some perfect ones on earth. 


What I so like about this bumper sticker (and others I’ve planned) is that they reveal great teachings and can seem like little books in themselves. And with some people not being attracted to long books these days— hey, time for some fermented, in a few words— Zen. Time to come up with some great koans or haiku (that one can easily memorize, or easily look at) that can help make the world appear to be more dancing.


And look at Buddha in this picture, in his beautiful quiet, and stillness, and giving— his being deeply within his own heart & mind. Is there a greater dance than in our own awakened soul? Our own someday being a buddha? Living that way can affect all other creatures and forms for the better. Our hand too ... could then reach and touch anything, anywhere. 


Why rush past the wonder of your own sounds and movements? Let the miraculousness of your own being, and the wonder of everything, everything! bathe and nourish you more.  


Maybe even sleep with an IBS under your pillow for a few nights before sticking it somewhere. It could be like when the tooth fairy comes while you’re sleeping and swaps out your tooth for money, only this time she’ll swap you out for the big time! You could become like the moonlight and the sunlight & Buddha petting everything, and turning us pink and happy and helping us grow into— the quantum leap!


Inner Bumper Stickers & The Quantum Leap


Have you ever seen one of those old fashioned airplanes that would write messages in the sky? Well there ya go! And I guess as our planet evolves, they will be sold everywhere— those IBS, like potato chips & bottled water!