*Spring*

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Greetings Everyone!

 

Just wanted to share this beautiful meditation on Spring:

 

*Spring*

 

Sun and moon divide the sky,

Fragrance blooms on pear wood bones:

Earth awakens with a sigh.

Wanderer revels on the path alone.

 

It is the time of equinox, when day and night are briefly equal. This

day signals the beginning of spring, the increasing of light, and the

return of life to the frozen earth.

Of course, this day only represents a moment in time. Spring has

 

long been returning, and we know that summer will soon follow. The

cycle

of the seasons will continue in succession. There is no such thing as

a

true stopping in time, for all is a continuum. Nature makes its own

concordances as a mere outgrowth to its movement; it is we who see

structure and give names to pattern.

But who can begrudge temporary pleasures to a solitary traveler?

 

Let us go out and enjoy the day, revel in the coming of spring, rejoice

 

in the warming of the earth. For though the ground may be covered with

 

frost, movement and growth are taking place all around us. Beauty

bared

fills our eyes and makes us drunk. As we wander the endless mountains

and streams, filling our lungs with the breath of the forests, let us

take comfort in being part of nature. For life has enough misery and

misfortune. Philosophy reminds us enough of the transience of life.

Give us the charm of the ephemeral, and let it silence all who would

object.

 

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from _365 Tao: Daily Meditations_ by Deng Ming-Dao

 

, " Chris_H "

<chghes1 wrote:

>

> Very nice . Thank you for posting this . Stillness is the ultimate

> calming of the brainstorms from within .

>