Look about --
finches & currant bushes
live & die
wilt, sing,
flourish,
fly, wilt again.
Peaches know
how to ripen, shrivel --
they question nothing.
Follow them;
see what is written
on the ghost's parchment.
Do not be frustrated with those who are not yet as aware of things as you. They are reading the same book as you are, but are earlier in it. It's a good story, so don't spoil it for them. You'll be chatting about it plenty once you're both finished reading it.
]]>"Our safest worldly treasure is revealed in the smile of a child"
"What we give most freely of ourselves brings abundance to our friends and suspicion to our adversaries"
]]>An ant colony without its queen is inert, and so is a mind without its own conviction.
Complexity is simplicity viewed from a lens far too powerful.
The importance you make out of your unimportance makes all the difference.
Lovely stuff by everyone!
]]>Be the mirror you want to see
Reflect upon the rose
An ugly word
An angry face
Are not the way to be
Reflect upon the rose
The tree produces fruit
The fruit bears seed
The seed produces a tree...
Only thing is
The trees never die
They constantly transcend themselves
Their progeny begins the cycle anew
An infinite hierarchy is in the making
Parent, child, parent, child, parent, child...
There is no death
If this idea goes anywhere, I wouldn't publish it under my name or anybody's name. It'd be anonymous. What I want to create is a "Tao Te Ching" of sorts that doesn't teach a Way of "walking the walk," but offers wisdoms that (hopefully) will help the reader make a mental shift away from destructive groupthink.
The vision is of a short, concise, poetic grouping of thoughts centered on basic themes, like:
*the interconnectivity of all things
*acting versus talking
*considering the consequences of your actions
*empathy and anti-empathy
*power within (thinking for yourself)
*hierarchies versus cell-like networks
Please feel to contribute your wisdoms here! Again, I'm looking for something short (less than 50 words), something that evokes an image, something that requires contemplation to digest, but most importantly, something that helps bring you into a healthy, balanced relationship with the planet and with others.
Here's the first bit to pop into my mind:
One hand is held
by your ancestors;
the other is held
by your children.