SEEDLINGS – models of timeless truth

Life is given.
Nothing is earned,
so learn to serve others,
not your own desire and greed
and ego. They steal your energies,
whereas devotion builds your strength
and protects the intelligent flame
that leads to the truth within.

Lalla
Translated by Coleman Barks

A few weeks ago, I sprinkled some basil seeds into a pot of fresh gardening soil.  The tiny spherical shapes bounced slightly as they landed onto their new home.  Then, like chameleons, they magically disappeared.  As if a precursor to ...