Posted on October 25, 2019, in Poetry, Shadorma and tagged Balance, Dancing, Lila, Tao, Yin and Yang. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
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“You should stop words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will naturally fall away, and your original Buddha nature will appear.” – Dogen.
Now, where can I find . . . ?
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Stacked in the back room
Filed but not forgotten
Admissions of a structure junky
Stringy theories . . .
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Varying Vistas
Beautiful words of hope 💜
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Of course the opposite of hope is despair, and we don’t want that. 🙂
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Yes indeed 💜
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There is an underlying assumption about the cyclic nature of things. I don’t deny that nature shows cyclic patterns. But consider this ….
Fallen leaves are not restored to their original state – those are replaced by new ones. It is the end of a lifetime for few.
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Yes, I agree. Many apparent cycles are actually spirals. 🙂
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Thanks!
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This is lovely, Ben. 🙂
Each new cycle
lifts us higher
on the spiral
of evolution.
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