LIKED it. Enough to watch it 3x. Not sure why. And not sure I fully understood it…all interpretations welcome.
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For aren’t we all ground over time to what matters
“For aren’t we all ground over time to what matters, unrecognizable and richer for it? It seems very little actually happens the first time around. Until we are worn to the smallest part of beauty, the smallest part of truth. Isn’t this the way? In time, the mountain trying to reach the sky crumbles softly to join the sea. In time, we outlive our ambitions, happy to land as the grain of sand a small fish mouths. Eventually, when moved to be still way inside, I somehow open like an iris no one sees and a tear falls within, nowhere to be found, though it sends being through my blood into my arms, into my hands, into my very fingers. Then, I am compelled to barely touch anything coming alive: the closed eye of a dog sleeping or the bluebird egg waiting to hatch. Then, I am refreshed by snow quieting the gash in the earth and the snow-like silence coating the wound in my heart.”
~ Mark Nepo
Credits:
- Thank you Make Believe Boutique for your daily inspirations.
- Image: Thank you Hanna Brescia
Amy & Travis
Amy & Travis dance to James Vincent McMorrow’s rendition of “Wicked Games” in “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Credits: Thank you Susan for sharing her favorite dance of the season.
Related Posts:
- James Vincent McMorrow in We don’t eat until your father is at the table
- NYC Ballet in New Beginnings At Sunrise
Not a single inch of grass
“The Master, addressing the assembly, said, “Brothers, it is the beginning of autumn, and the end of summer. You may go east or west, but you should go only to a place where there is not a single inch of grass for ten thousand li.” After pausing for a while he asked, “How does one go to a place where there is not a single inch of grass for ten thousand li?”
Later this was related to Shih-shuang, who said, “Why didn’t someone say, ‘As soon as one goes out the door, there is grass’?”
The Master, hearing of this response, said, “Within the country of the Great T’ang such a man is rare.”
-The Record of Tung-Shan
- Credits: Image – NatGeo. Quote: zenwritings.com
- Related Zen Post: Who Binds You?
Who Binds You?
Who binds you?
A monk asked Seng ts’an, “Master, show me the way to liberation.”
Seng ts’an replied, “Who binds you?”
The monk responded, “No one binds me.”
Seng ts’an said, “Then why do you seek liberation?”
Credits: Image – Madam Scherzo. Quote: whiskeyriver.blogspot.com. This is an Ancient koan / teaching story. Seng Ts’an is the third Zen ancestor in China.