Drifting Awake » listening http://www.richardfarrell.com aphorisms, haiku, poetic wordplay by Richard Farrell Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:20:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple http://www.richardfarrell.com/2010/02/written-on-the-wall-at-west-forest-temple/ http://www.richardfarrell.com/2010/02/written-on-the-wall-at-west-forest-temple/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:33:15 +0000 Richard Farrell http://www.richardfarrell.com/?p=3810

From the side, an entire range;
from the end a single peak;
far, near, high, low,
no two parts alike.

The true face of Mount Lu
I cannot comprehend –
gazing upon it,
I myself am in the mountain.

[Su Tung-p'o (1084) adapted from translations by Burton Watson and Beata Grant]

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stillness reveals the utter spontaneity of living

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the way of creativity is the way of appropriation

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if, as is said in the Upanishads, Om was the first sound, Ha Ha must surely have been the second

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listening at the edge of silence brings wonder

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one version of the art of living: learning to be how and what you are

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the world emerging as we speak . . .
could even the gods ask for more?

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sometimes at night I
(not speaking, but spoken,
not singing, but sung)
wonder at words
bringing the world into being

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nothing completely original is ever said; only the moment of utterance is truly new

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the world is always worlding; at my best, I world along

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poetry is the word making flesh, flesh

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