All the Marvelous Earth

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Typed from All the Marvelous Earth, J. Krishnamurti, page 60

 

It is the oldest living thing on the earth; it is gigantic in

proportion, in its height and vast trunk. Among other

redwood trees, which were also very old, this one was

towering over them all; other trees had been touched by fire

but this one had no marks on it. It had lived through all the

ugly things of history, through all the wars of the world,

through all the mischief and sorrow of man, through fire and

lightning, through all the storms of time, untouched,

majestic and utterly alone, with immense dignity.