Whenever i'm broke, that's when i'm most in a sad place
I laugh less , I am less creative , I close myself up
It feels like the strangest thing , like I have seen my face before
It is said : Situations don't make a man, they reveal a man
I have felt the warmth of a woman breast , I have had enough to eat
I have been at my highest high, sinked to my lowest low
Looked left and right also been caught in the middle
Choose love over lust , seen the stars at night
When the Zen Master attained Enlightenment he wrote the following lines to celebrate
it:
“Oh wondrous marvel:
I chop wood!
I draw water from the well!”
After enlightenment nothing really changes. The tree is still a tree; people are just
what they were before; and so are you. You may continue to be as moody or event tempered,
as wise or foolish. The one difference is that you see things with a different
eye. You are more detached from it all now. And your heart is full of wonder.
That is the essence of Contemplation: the Sense of Wonder.
Contemplation is different from ecstasy in that ecstasy leads to withdrawal. The
enlightened contemplative continues to chop wood and draw water from the well.
Contemplation is different from the perception of beauty in that the perception of beauty
(a painting or a sunset) produces aesthetic delight, whereas contemplation produces
wonder—no matter what it observes, a sunset or a stone.
This is the prerogative of children. They are often in a state of wonder. So they easily
slip into the Kingdom.
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