Guest guest Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Atoms are us. Hydrogen + oxygen = water. And water makes 98% of our bodies with a little carbon, calcium, nitrogen, zinc and a dab of other minerals added for good measure. Those are our atoms, but... are they really ours? Those atoms in your blood, your flesh, your bones, they have been around, you are not the first body they form. They have been oceans, rivers, rocks, lizards and birds. For billions, and millions of years building and destroying countless forms, always changing, but always the same. Your oxygen, your calcium no different than mine, no different than Buddha, not different than Christ. So, if not the substance, are we the form? The form changes, the form melts, flows, dissipates like smoke. No, we are not the form. We are more like the sound, the music of atoms which lingers and vanishes in the emptiness of space. Claim nothing for your own, you’re neither this, nor that. Just a few sounds, faint against the silence, and the awesome darkness. Just a choral sung by atomic crickets chirping in the night. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote: > Atoms are us. Hydrogen + oxygen = water. And > water makes 98% of our bodies with a little carbon, > calcium, nitrogen, zinc and a dab of other minerals > added for good measure. Those are our atoms, > but... are they really ours? Those atoms in your > blood, your flesh, your bones, they have been around, > you are not the first body they form. They have been > oceans, rivers, rocks, lizards and birds. For billions, > and millions of years building and destroying countless > forms, always changing, but always the same. Your > oxygen, your calcium no different than mine, no different > than Buddha, not different than Christ. > > So, if not the substance, are we the form? The form changes, > the form melts, flows, dissipates like smoke. No, we are not > the form. We are more like the sound, the music of atoms > which lingers and vanishes in the emptiness of space. > > Claim nothing for your own, you’re neither this, nor that. Just > a few sounds, faint against the silence, and the awesome > darkness. Just a choral sung by atomic crickets chirping in > the night. > > Pete Thank you. Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote: > Atoms are us. Hydrogen + oxygen = water. And > water makes 98% of our bodies with a little carbon, > calcium, nitrogen, zinc and a dab of other minerals > added for good measure. Those are our atoms, > but... are they really ours? Those atoms in your > blood, your flesh, your bones, they have been around, > you are not the first body they form. They have been > oceans, rivers, rocks, lizards and birds. For billions, > and millions of years building and destroying countless > forms, always changing, but always the same. Your > oxygen, your calcium no different than mine, no different > than Buddha, not different than Christ. > > So, if not the substance, are we the form? The form changes, > the form melts, flows, dissipates like smoke. No, we are not > the form. We are more like the sound, the music of atoms > which lingers and vanishes in the emptiness of space. > > Claim nothing for your own, you’re neither this, nor that. Just > a few sounds, faint against the silence, and the awesome > darkness. Just a choral sung by atomic crickets chirping in > the night. > > Pete you sound like a junkie, Pete. what gets you high, sittings silently doing nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 In a message dated 2/8/05 12:02:55 AM, dscasta writes: > >you sound like a junkie, Pete. > > >what gets you high, sittings silently doing nothing? > > > Well, since you asked, I haven't noticed being high in a long time. My moods move on a fairly level plane. Since excitement is so highly valued in my culture, the majority would say I royally screwed up. And they wouldn't want anything to do with such condition. True, " the atomic theory piece " came to me while meditating, but it didn't bring any high feelings. Can't have it all, I guess. ) Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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