I shine

[Guest guest]

hello,

 

whenever i read Maharshis Sayings concerning the Self being

like the Sun i was deeply touched.

 

Now it happend that i came across the writings of Wei Wu Wei:

 

http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/

 

I especially love "Unworldly Wise" , his stories about the Owl and

the rabbit, one of which might find your pleasure, too:

 

"I SHINE"

 

"The rabbit, looking up, said to the owl, while ingesting several

inches of grass, 'I often wonder why you open your eyes when it's

dark and keep them closed when it's light?'

'When I shine,' replied the owl, 'there is no darkness, for darkness

is only absence of light, and then I observe you perpetually eating

whatever the earth brings forth; when I cease to shine nothing

whatever can appear.'

 

'Then our worlds must be different?' suggested the rabbit.

'There are no worlds,' snapped the owl, with a click of his

beak, 'other than what appears when I shine.'

 

'And what appears when the sun shines?' suggested the rabbit.

'I am the sun,' concluded the owl; 'what you think you see is only a

reflection in your split-mind.'

 

'Is that so indeed?' replied the rabbit, twitching her nose

dubiously. 'Then why do you and the sun not shine at the same time?'

'I am "time",' added the owl, 'and all "time" is my time. Moreover at

this "time" I am beginning to feel hungry.'

 

'All right, all right,' sighed the rabbit - as she dived hastily into

her burrow."

 

from "Unworldly Wise" http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/uwcontents.html

 

by Wei Wu Wei http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/intro.html

 

 

Let the Self shine :-)

 

Martin