Dave Hip
@davidhip.bsky.social
Philosophy, other insights and sometimes poetry.
May
I
The trees in front of my window
Stones, clouds and misty days
Thieves of joys
Broken ways of relating
What I cannot forgive/forget
Unfinished messages
You
Be at peace
#poem #poetry #meditation #metta
#writingcommunity #writing #life
I
The trees in front of my window
Stones, clouds and misty days
Thieves of joys
Broken ways of relating
What I cannot forgive/forget
Unfinished messages
You
Be at peace
#poem #poetry #meditation #metta
#writingcommunity #writing #life
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
May
I
The trees in front of my window
Stones, clouds and misty days
Thieves of joys
Broken ways of relating
What I cannot forgive/forget
Unfinished messages
You
Be at peace
#poem #poetry #meditation #metta
#writingcommunity #writing #life
I
The trees in front of my window
Stones, clouds and misty days
Thieves of joys
Broken ways of relating
What I cannot forgive/forget
Unfinished messages
You
Be at peace
#poem #poetry #meditation #metta
#writingcommunity #writing #life
Honesty
Courage
Not to hold your life hostage
To what came & will come but
Only to
Say yes
#meditation #poem #poetry
#writingcommunity #writing
Courage
Not to hold your life hostage
To what came & will come but
Only to
Say yes
#meditation #poem #poetry
#writingcommunity #writing
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Honesty
Courage
Not to hold your life hostage
To what came & will come but
Only to
Say yes
#meditation #poem #poetry
#writingcommunity #writing
Courage
Not to hold your life hostage
To what came & will come but
Only to
Say yes
#meditation #poem #poetry
#writingcommunity #writing
We participate in the same dance
Aiming to avoid but
Falling right into the trap
Of suffering unnecessarily.
#meditation #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
Aiming to avoid but
Falling right into the trap
Of suffering unnecessarily.
#meditation #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We participate in the same dance
Aiming to avoid but
Falling right into the trap
Of suffering unnecessarily.
#meditation #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
Aiming to avoid but
Falling right into the trap
Of suffering unnecessarily.
#meditation #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
An Invitation
The
World
Thoughts,
And feelings
All is happening,
Like a Vortex Pulling
And Pulling us All In into
Undefinable, Undestroyable,
Ungraspable Is-ness,
Chaotically
Wonderful
Here.
#poem #poetry #writingcommunity
#meditation #mindfulness
The
World
Thoughts,
And feelings
All is happening,
Like a Vortex Pulling
And Pulling us All In into
Undefinable, Undestroyable,
Ungraspable Is-ness,
Chaotically
Wonderful
Here.
#poem #poetry #writingcommunity
#meditation #mindfulness
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
An Invitation
The
World
Thoughts,
And feelings
All is happening,
Like a Vortex Pulling
And Pulling us All In into
Undefinable, Undestroyable,
Ungraspable Is-ness,
Chaotically
Wonderful
Here.
#poem #poetry #writingcommunity
#meditation #mindfulness
The
World
Thoughts,
And feelings
All is happening,
Like a Vortex Pulling
And Pulling us All In into
Undefinable, Undestroyable,
Ungraspable Is-ness,
Chaotically
Wonderful
Here.
#poem #poetry #writingcommunity
#meditation #mindfulness
Cultivate the art of mental plasticity
Not taking what you think too serious
Not escaping from life as it is
Yes this moment’s experience
Yes seeing fears and worries
Not Identifying too close
Not abandoning your goals
Yes your values
Yes resilience
#poem #writingcommunity #poetry #meditation
Not taking what you think too serious
Not escaping from life as it is
Yes this moment’s experience
Yes seeing fears and worries
Not Identifying too close
Not abandoning your goals
Yes your values
Yes resilience
#poem #writingcommunity #poetry #meditation
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Cultivate the art of mental plasticity
Not taking what you think too serious
Not escaping from life as it is
Yes this moment’s experience
Yes seeing fears and worries
Not Identifying too close
Not abandoning your goals
Yes your values
Yes resilience
#poem #writingcommunity #poetry #meditation
Not taking what you think too serious
Not escaping from life as it is
Yes this moment’s experience
Yes seeing fears and worries
Not Identifying too close
Not abandoning your goals
Yes your values
Yes resilience
#poem #writingcommunity #poetry #meditation
What shines bright doesn’t necessarily last long
What is ordinary often endures.
Being open and present doesn’t
Change the world
At once.
But it does change
How you breathe, give
plat, rest and smile.
It’s an open process
Until openness is all there is.
#poetry #poem #mindfulness #present
What is ordinary often endures.
Being open and present doesn’t
Change the world
At once.
But it does change
How you breathe, give
plat, rest and smile.
It’s an open process
Until openness is all there is.
#poetry #poem #mindfulness #present
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What shines bright doesn’t necessarily last long
What is ordinary often endures.
Being open and present doesn’t
Change the world
At once.
But it does change
How you breathe, give
plat, rest and smile.
It’s an open process
Until openness is all there is.
#poetry #poem #mindfulness #present
What is ordinary often endures.
Being open and present doesn’t
Change the world
At once.
But it does change
How you breathe, give
plat, rest and smile.
It’s an open process
Until openness is all there is.
#poetry #poem #mindfulness #present
The inescapable fact of life
that there is something.
Something it's like to be you,
something you're noticing and drawn to.
Sometimes it's enough
just to be with this
to enjoy and
love it.
#poetry #mindfulness #poem #meditation
that there is something.
Something it's like to be you,
something you're noticing and drawn to.
Sometimes it's enough
just to be with this
to enjoy and
love it.
#poetry #mindfulness #poem #meditation
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The inescapable fact of life
that there is something.
Something it's like to be you,
something you're noticing and drawn to.
Sometimes it's enough
just to be with this
to enjoy and
love it.
#poetry #mindfulness #poem #meditation
that there is something.
Something it's like to be you,
something you're noticing and drawn to.
Sometimes it's enough
just to be with this
to enjoy and
love it.
#poetry #mindfulness #poem #meditation
When you need to return
to what is happening now,
feel your feet.
Thoughts, emotions, and recollections
hopes, analysis, and fears
often divert your attention away
but you can learn to return quickly
to be present, effective, and a little happier.
#meditation #poem #poetry #mindfulness
to what is happening now,
feel your feet.
Thoughts, emotions, and recollections
hopes, analysis, and fears
often divert your attention away
but you can learn to return quickly
to be present, effective, and a little happier.
#meditation #poem #poetry #mindfulness
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When you need to return
to what is happening now,
feel your feet.
Thoughts, emotions, and recollections
hopes, analysis, and fears
often divert your attention away
but you can learn to return quickly
to be present, effective, and a little happier.
#meditation #poem #poetry #mindfulness
to what is happening now,
feel your feet.
Thoughts, emotions, and recollections
hopes, analysis, and fears
often divert your attention away
but you can learn to return quickly
to be present, effective, and a little happier.
#meditation #poem #poetry #mindfulness
This moment immensely vast.
No border separating it
from past or future.
No beginning no end
passes without a trace
never comes back.
No amount of money, energy, or intention
will bring it back.
Lucky to have witnessed,
lucky to have been.
#mindfulness #meditation #poetry #poen
No border separating it
from past or future.
No beginning no end
passes without a trace
never comes back.
No amount of money, energy, or intention
will bring it back.
Lucky to have witnessed,
lucky to have been.
#mindfulness #meditation #poetry #poen
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This moment immensely vast.
No border separating it
from past or future.
No beginning no end
passes without a trace
never comes back.
No amount of money, energy, or intention
will bring it back.
Lucky to have witnessed,
lucky to have been.
#mindfulness #meditation #poetry #poen
No border separating it
from past or future.
No beginning no end
passes without a trace
never comes back.
No amount of money, energy, or intention
will bring it back.
Lucky to have witnessed,
lucky to have been.
#mindfulness #meditation #poetry #poen
Mindfulness trains you to be bored better.
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mindfulness trains you to be bored better.
Not everything has to be coherent.
Life can be contradictory, and you’re still OK.
You can be present and always return to what is happening, trusting the process.
Life can be contradictory, and you’re still OK.
You can be present and always return to what is happening, trusting the process.
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Not everything has to be coherent.
Life can be contradictory, and you’re still OK.
You can be present and always return to what is happening, trusting the process.
Life can be contradictory, and you’re still OK.
You can be present and always return to what is happening, trusting the process.
Be present with your thoughts, but don't *be* them. See them. Listen to them. Disobey them. They might be useful, but they are often not.
But that's fine, because they're not you, nor life. They're just a part of your experience, which comes and goes.
#mindfulness #meditation
But that's fine, because they're not you, nor life. They're just a part of your experience, which comes and goes.
#mindfulness #meditation
October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Be present with your thoughts, but don't *be* them. See them. Listen to them. Disobey them. They might be useful, but they are often not.
But that's fine, because they're not you, nor life. They're just a part of your experience, which comes and goes.
#mindfulness #meditation
But that's fine, because they're not you, nor life. They're just a part of your experience, which comes and goes.
#mindfulness #meditation
You go to bed each night. Big sleep. Do you stop being for a while?
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You go to bed each night. Big sleep. Do you stop being for a while?
Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.
Thoreau
Thoreau
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.
Thoreau
Thoreau
People selling meditation online like it's a magic pill to cure all anxiety really shows what went wrong.
September 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
People selling meditation online like it's a magic pill to cure all anxiety really shows what went wrong.
The internet was meant as a place to play and be creative, and it has ended up with people copy pasting AI content.
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The internet was meant as a place to play and be creative, and it has ended up with people copy pasting AI content.
The more you read, the more you understand, the more you read, the more you understand.
Sometimes there are misunderstandings, breaks, and detours but the fun of the journey never seems to stop.
#reading #philosophy
Sometimes there are misunderstandings, breaks, and detours but the fun of the journey never seems to stop.
#reading #philosophy
August 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The more you read, the more you understand, the more you read, the more you understand.
Sometimes there are misunderstandings, breaks, and detours but the fun of the journey never seems to stop.
#reading #philosophy
Sometimes there are misunderstandings, breaks, and detours but the fun of the journey never seems to stop.
#reading #philosophy
The purpose of life
Actualized by living it.
Not a thing
You have
That you lose.
You don't find it
you embody it.
You don't wait for it
you make it happen.
You make it happen
and let it happen.
It's not a script,
an open ended performance.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #poem
Actualized by living it.
Not a thing
You have
That you lose.
You don't find it
you embody it.
You don't wait for it
you make it happen.
You make it happen
and let it happen.
It's not a script,
an open ended performance.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #poem
July 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The purpose of life
Actualized by living it.
Not a thing
You have
That you lose.
You don't find it
you embody it.
You don't wait for it
you make it happen.
You make it happen
and let it happen.
It's not a script,
an open ended performance.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #poem
Actualized by living it.
Not a thing
You have
That you lose.
You don't find it
you embody it.
You don't wait for it
you make it happen.
You make it happen
and let it happen.
It's not a script,
an open ended performance.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #poem
Hearing zen words:
What's your original face
before your parents were born?
To explore the unborn
undying and ungoing
part of yourself.
Inviting you to look for it
Even without answer.
Yet hinting at
How to find it.
#poems #poetry #meditation #zen #mindfulness #inspiration
What's your original face
before your parents were born?
To explore the unborn
undying and ungoing
part of yourself.
Inviting you to look for it
Even without answer.
Yet hinting at
How to find it.
#poems #poetry #meditation #zen #mindfulness #inspiration
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hearing zen words:
What's your original face
before your parents were born?
To explore the unborn
undying and ungoing
part of yourself.
Inviting you to look for it
Even without answer.
Yet hinting at
How to find it.
#poems #poetry #meditation #zen #mindfulness #inspiration
What's your original face
before your parents were born?
To explore the unborn
undying and ungoing
part of yourself.
Inviting you to look for it
Even without answer.
Yet hinting at
How to find it.
#poems #poetry #meditation #zen #mindfulness #inspiration
In the space
Between two breaths
Freedom arises.
In the emptiness
Between your throughts
True choice happens.
In the openness
Of every moment
Practice practices.
#poetry #mindfulness #meditation #poems #yoga
Between two breaths
Freedom arises.
In the emptiness
Between your throughts
True choice happens.
In the openness
Of every moment
Practice practices.
#poetry #mindfulness #meditation #poems #yoga
July 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In the space
Between two breaths
Freedom arises.
In the emptiness
Between your throughts
True choice happens.
In the openness
Of every moment
Practice practices.
#poetry #mindfulness #meditation #poems #yoga
Between two breaths
Freedom arises.
In the emptiness
Between your throughts
True choice happens.
In the openness
Of every moment
Practice practices.
#poetry #mindfulness #meditation #poems #yoga
It only seems as if
The seer is what is seen
Your self is
Your body or status
Your past or future
Your success or failure
Seemingly identical
They make delusions grow
That doom you to suffer.
But they are not linked,
Forever, let it drop.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #yoga #poem
The seer is what is seen
Your self is
Your body or status
Your past or future
Your success or failure
Seemingly identical
They make delusions grow
That doom you to suffer.
But they are not linked,
Forever, let it drop.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #yoga #poem
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It only seems as if
The seer is what is seen
Your self is
Your body or status
Your past or future
Your success or failure
Seemingly identical
They make delusions grow
That doom you to suffer.
But they are not linked,
Forever, let it drop.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #yoga #poem
The seer is what is seen
Your self is
Your body or status
Your past or future
Your success or failure
Seemingly identical
They make delusions grow
That doom you to suffer.
But they are not linked,
Forever, let it drop.
#poetry #writing #meditation #mindfulness #yoga #poem
Meditate to free
Parts in you
charged by the past
Thoughts and emotions
Actions and situations
Already over.
Let them dissolve
To see
What right now
Shines.
#poetry #meditation #mindfulness #poems #mindfulness #yoga #writing
Parts in you
charged by the past
Thoughts and emotions
Actions and situations
Already over.
Let them dissolve
To see
What right now
Shines.
#poetry #meditation #mindfulness #poems #mindfulness #yoga #writing
July 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Meditate to free
Parts in you
charged by the past
Thoughts and emotions
Actions and situations
Already over.
Let them dissolve
To see
What right now
Shines.
#poetry #meditation #mindfulness #poems #mindfulness #yoga #writing
Parts in you
charged by the past
Thoughts and emotions
Actions and situations
Already over.
Let them dissolve
To see
What right now
Shines.
#poetry #meditation #mindfulness #poems #mindfulness #yoga #writing
This too shall pass.
This day
this thought
this emotion.
You can't stop the coming
nor the going
but you can watch it.
#poetry #mindfulness #writing
This day
this thought
this emotion.
You can't stop the coming
nor the going
but you can watch it.
#poetry #mindfulness #writing
July 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This too shall pass.
This day
this thought
this emotion.
You can't stop the coming
nor the going
but you can watch it.
#poetry #mindfulness #writing
This day
this thought
this emotion.
You can't stop the coming
nor the going
but you can watch it.
#poetry #mindfulness #writing
Not the freedom to do what you want,
but the freedom from false wanting.
Not the choice between good and bad,
But the choice of no choice.
Not here not there -
Everywhere and
All at once.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
but the freedom from false wanting.
Not the choice between good and bad,
But the choice of no choice.
Not here not there -
Everywhere and
All at once.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Not the freedom to do what you want,
but the freedom from false wanting.
Not the choice between good and bad,
But the choice of no choice.
Not here not there -
Everywhere and
All at once.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
but the freedom from false wanting.
Not the choice between good and bad,
But the choice of no choice.
Not here not there -
Everywhere and
All at once.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
In this chaos let's distangle
The present from what has
been before -
One moment at a time.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
The present from what has
been before -
One moment at a time.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
June 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
In this chaos let's distangle
The present from what has
been before -
One moment at a time.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness
The present from what has
been before -
One moment at a time.
#poetry #writing #mindfulness