on pleasure and pain

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Dear Yosy,

 

A profound and well constructed poem. Thank you. Boom, boom!

 

Love,

 

Alan --- On Mon, 4/5/09, Yosy Flug <yosyflug wrote:

Yosy Flug <yosyflug on pleasure and pain Date: Monday, 4 May, 2009, 5:40 PM

 

 

pain and pleasure are strainsin the tightly intertwined ropemaking up this world of opposites,no one without the other.a rope that binds the illusion identity,(whose true nature remains ever free)to the addictive excitement gameof loss and gain,attraction, rejection, joy of winning,and pain.in darkness, the light of truth hiddenby storm clouds of ignorant fears and desiresthis rope appears to be a scary snake,frightening to the core the gullible,who identify self with a form and a name. but when understanding dawnsilluminating the heart with graceall distinctions and separations cease.the rope of illusion is burnt to ashes. the obvious is always self evidenthow can the boundless be bound?timeless truth was never lost. sohow can it ever be found?yosyps comments, opinions etc most welcome,

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pain and pleasure are strains

in the tightly intertwined rope

making up this world of opposites,

no one without the other.

a rope that binds the illusion identity,

(whose true nature remains ever free)

to the addictive excitement game

of loss and gain,

attraction, rejection, joy of winning,

and pain.

 

in darkness, the light of truth hidden

by storm clouds of ignorant fears and desires

this rope appears to be a scary snake,

frightening to the core the gullible,

who identify self with a form and a name.

but when understanding dawns

illuminating the heart with grace

all distinctions and separations cease.

the rope of illusion is burnt to ashes.

the obvious is always self evident

how can the boundless be bound?

timeless truth was never lost. so

how can it ever be found?

 

yosy

 

ps comments, opinions etc most welcome, friends...