tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86334323850420739722024-03-04T20:45:20.348-08:00Chán Poetry 诗 禅 Chán ShīA collection of original Chán & Ecstatic Poetry, some original and others from Poets I readWonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-53207847377758738572015-11-29T11:33:00.001-08:002015-11-29T16:05:09.148-08:00Time is.....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Circa 1975, Modesto, CA ~ I am the guy wearing sunglasses</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Time flies, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or so it seems.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We remember.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and sometimes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">we forget.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time really doesn't move,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">there is no past,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">no present,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">no future.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is just</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">one flowing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">moving,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">perception</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of this or that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If we are awake,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">we realize</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it's time for </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a good laugh,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or a good cry,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or a moment of silence,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or a movement out,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">even a movement in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For what we have,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is always </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">right in front </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of our eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wonji</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-4684976197385468702015-04-25T09:25:00.001-07:002015-04-25T09:25:56.982-07:00Chùa Thiên Ân April 25, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">when we take off </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the blinders of thought,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">what is left </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is just the truth.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">old Sakyamuni</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">saw through it first,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bodhidharma said it well,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">while passing through the gate,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">let go of thoughts and ideas,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">don't live your life</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in a book of concepts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dahui burned the books</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he wanted to take back</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">his gift of questioning,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but the cat was loose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and his efforts in vain,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">what is this-</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this very moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how can I assist</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the integration</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of no thing?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with a smile</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a hug</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and support</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">beyond measure.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to nurture</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">means </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to love </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">always </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the balance </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of naught.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">seeing the truth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">before thought or concept,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">compassion</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">arrises</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by natural process.......</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">~ wonji</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-55233579863504267582013-11-27T04:44:00.000-08:002013-11-27T04:44:45.090-08:00in the silence and darkness of predawn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the silence </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and darkness predawn—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my room illuminated only</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by blue light emitting diode’s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the glow of a computer screen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all seems to move slowly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for there becomes purpose </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in every creak</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and every flutter of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">emanated sound.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sanctity always fills the air—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and at times like this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the silence is illuminated—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a place of sacred beauty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the monitor reports—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nineteen degrees outside,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I am grateful</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the roof, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the walls and the technology</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which cradle the inhabitants</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of Dharmakaya Buddhist Abbey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in warmth and relative safety.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">every movement </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">results in subtle sound—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so often missed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by a busy mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we live a miracle—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we don’t know why.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the picture on the wall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">simply says, exhale!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yes, of course,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this is all </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by natural process.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thus, I pay homage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to every teacher </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and monk,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who has trodden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this dusty path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the last</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">two thousand </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">seven hundred years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for were I not</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to have heard </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the teaching,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would surely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be a poor wretch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">right now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scratching out an existence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">instead</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have become </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a wretch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who is content</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with each moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of simplicity </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and brilliant</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wonder.</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-2630237374147631472013-11-06T05:05:00.000-08:002013-11-06T05:05:48.960-08:00an early morning poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">waking at five am,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">darkness still resounds-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">only the light </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the tablet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fills the room.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">silence pervades</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this sleepy community,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">even the birds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have yet to awake.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">serenity exists</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in every moment,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">its just that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the midst </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of activity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we sometimes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">forget.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">autumn is a time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of transition,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the leaves lose their color</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">much like my grey beard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was once brown.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by natural process</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the stream of moments</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">appear-then another moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">appears before the last</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has gone. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don't occupy your life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with past, present or future,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">immerse this presence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the unfolding experience</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like the birds take to the air.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don't try to figure it out,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just enjoy this journey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">already in progress,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's not too late</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to yield to your life.</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-76407253665571703802013-07-07T19:07:00.000-07:002013-07-07T19:07:37.570-07:00what do we know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">what do we know?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and why do we struggle so?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">there is harmony in our breath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so what folly becomes reality?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we buy an idea</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">that comes from where?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we scream at the top of our lungs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">that this is the path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is the sacred way,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and that all others </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">who have lost their way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">yet this distraction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">from the mirror</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of our own humanity,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this projection</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">causes us to lose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">our true selves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">spiritual empowerment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">comes from attaining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">who and what we are,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">comes from a center</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of self effacing brilliance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">those who seek </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the path outside</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">on the path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">to the slaughterhouse,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">wildly baying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">at the sun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">when the focus</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is turned within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">no one can say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and joys</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">will appear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">what constitutes Zen Poetry,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">don’t know is all there is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we struggle with life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we desire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we attempt to direct</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">life is our teacher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">who is it that tastes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">or smells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ah the essence appears</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and no one is any wiser.</span></div>
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Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-12822483715795225202013-06-19T16:38:00.002-07:002013-06-19T16:38:18.200-07:00on the passing of a Sangha Members Mother<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">coming appears – like this!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">going appears – like this!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-38059683481169009222013-04-23T00:11:00.000-07:002013-05-20T14:35:08.771-07:00An Anthology of All Along the Watch Tower with a tribute to Richie Havens<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Dharma Brother Gregory Cundiff inspired me to post this on my blog. Greg posted a video of Richie Havens playing "All Along the Watch Tower," and I just heard this news. I am not sure that Greg had heard this news yet or not, I find it poignant that Richie was highlighted in this way. This is on of the greatest covered songs in all of history with such a splendid diversity of interpretations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Śakyamuni Buddha once said, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seung Sahn once said,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so much suffering inside of Nirvana Castles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">what is this world in which we live,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and what do we manifest each day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">there is greed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this is for sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">there is hate,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that is for sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">there is divisiveness and vitriol,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at every juncture of our experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the question it seems is what do we do with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all the hate and negativity that comes our way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">don’t react,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that would be losing your heart of love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">do not harden your heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because you see no answers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yes you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are the answer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">open your heart and engage </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this life of hate and negativity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and become a beacon of light</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for your community.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is painful and not pleasant </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to do this,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but if you allow your heart </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to completely break,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you will find your true-self</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shining back at you in the marketplace.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">none of us has the power</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to change the world,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yet we all have the ability</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to change ourselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">once we do can do this,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we begin to realize</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this is not a global problem,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is right here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in our own back yards.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so, where do we begin you ask.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be kind,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">do no harm,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be respectful</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and know that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">these simple acts</span><br />
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Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-54620881492117725772012-11-22T16:25:00.000-08:002012-11-22T16:26:07.972-08:00the meaning of thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of seven billion people today,</span></div>
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<br />Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-29854836725698363342012-11-08T18:19:00.004-08:002012-11-08T18:19:31.568-08:00what is our life<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">originally, there is nothing,<br />we come into this world not knowing.<br />life evolves into learning,<br />then we attach to our ideas.<br />letting go always comes later,<br />we cannot do it when we are young,<br />this natural process of growing<br />and becoming an adult <br />is the way we all must evolve.<br />once we enter into our adult and checking state<br />we can begin to let all of our learning go.<br />it is here and now<br />that true don’t know exists.<br />it is the manifestation<br />of our true self<br />that transcends the boundaries of thought.</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-43969506484120217722012-09-22T13:57:00.000-07:002012-09-22T14:08:21.594-07:00Dogs - Roger Waters <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nlJWis5wH54?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span><br />Dogs - Roger Waters<br /><br /><br /> You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need.<br /><br />You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street,<br /><br />You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed.<br /><br />And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,<br /><br />You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And after a while, you can work on points for style.<br /><br />Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,<br /><br />A certain look in the eye and an easy smile.<br /><br />You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to,<br /><br />So that when they turn their backs on you,<br /><br />You'll get the chance to put the knife in.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder.<br /><br />You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you<br /><br />get older.<br /><br />And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south,<br /><br />Hide your head in the sand,<br /><br />Just another sad old man,<br /><br />All alone and dying of cancer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.<br /><br />And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone.<br /><br />And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw <br /><br />around.<br /><br />So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone,<br /><br />Dragged down by the stone.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused.<br /><br />Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used.<br /><br />Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.<br /><br />If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this<br /><br />maze?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending<br /><br />That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.<br /><br />And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner<br /><br />And everything's done under the sun,<br /><br />And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Who was born in a house full of pain.<br /><br />Who was trained not to spit in the fan.<br /><br />Who was told what to do by the man.<br /><br />Who was broken by trained personnel.<br /><br />Who was fitted with collar and chain.<br /><br />Who was given a pat on the back.<br /><br />Who was breaking away from the pack.<br /><br />Who was only a stranger at home.<br /><br />Who was ground down in the end.<br /><br />Who was found dead on the phone.<br /><br />Who was dragged down by the stone.</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-34690226946877260692012-09-14T15:32:00.001-07:002012-09-14T15:34:55.210-07:00Growing Up - And So Is Love<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QwM-u-ldPr0?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I found this on You Tube, and it is quite beautiful. Such a marvelous mix of Bernardo Bertolucci's film Little Buddha, and Kate Bush's song And So is Love.<br /><br /> Little Buddha is a 1994 feature film by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, and Keanu Reeves as Prince Siddhartha (the Buddha before his enlightenment).<br /><br /> "And So Is Love" is a song written and recorded by musician Kate Bush. It was the fourth and final single release from the album The Red Shoes. Guest star Eric Clapton plays guitar on the track.<br /><br />Released on 7 November 1994, the single climbed to number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. Its entry into the Top 40 marked Bush's first appearance on Top of the Pops in nine years. The lyric is about the end of a love affair, with the narrator declaring that both life and love are sad, and deciding that for the "sake of love," the two must set each other free.<br /><br /> I remember asking Zen Master Seung Sahn what he thought about this movie after he had seen it. He told me, "Ah this is Westerners big mistake, everybody is interested in 'Enlightenment,' but Buddha's gift was the 43 years of teaching he gave us following that moment. So, this movie only deals with enlightenment and not with the difficult task of helping others to wake up to their own true nature."</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-43885767607961061522012-07-21T17:34:00.001-07:002012-07-21T17:34:04.712-07:00Cranky Old Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.</span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old m</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">an's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.<br /><br />And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.<br /><br />Cranky Old Man<br /><br />What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?<br />What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?<br />A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,<br />Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?<br />Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.<br />When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'<br />Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.<br />And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?<br />Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,<br />With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?<br />Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?<br />Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.<br />I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,<br />As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.<br />I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,<br />Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another<br />A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet<br />Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.<br />A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.<br />Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.<br />At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.<br />Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.<br />A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,<br />Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.<br />At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,<br />But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.<br />At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,<br />Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.<br />Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.<br />I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.<br />For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.<br />And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.<br />I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.<br />It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.<br />The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.<br />There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.<br />But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,<br />And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells<br />I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.<br />And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.<br />I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.<br />And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.<br />So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.<br />Not a cranky old man .<br />Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!</span>
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One of my all time favorite songs, many of us try to ignore our dark sides. Being truthful is the first step to self awareness, I hope you enjoy.Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-68358566498788332662012-06-06T21:57:00.002-07:002012-06-06T22:05:52.069-07:00Symphony of Science - The Poetry of Reality<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9Cd36WJ79z4?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>><br />
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Tonight Rev. Doshim Halaw shared another video by the same author with me and as I have followed all of these scientists and have been writing poetry for almost twenty years I felt it was appropriate to post this video here. There is a deep truth in the word of this video, I hope you enjoy.<br />
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The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science enthusiasts, including Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Feynman, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Porco, and PZ Myers, promoting science through words of wisdom.Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-783420456616852502012-05-17T23:12:00.002-07:002012-05-17T23:12:32.567-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then we have totally lost our way.</span></div>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-49399157798311655422012-05-17T22:20:00.002-07:002012-05-18T08:55:35.833-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or do we live a life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3/7/2012</span></div>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-69053811524714614752011-12-12T16:37:00.000-08:002011-12-12T16:39:39.291-08:00These Spiritual Window Shoppers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8fGmQHtCd1te9OcjZkpKHKPo0lMQPyntLe4X9kQMzO-c8p6aHJPLK5qYkvT6BbIXIKa0grnqSErJAA-DgJHmAp6tJaT5K8Oq8n6n_Zmql9R0rnP6HgbpZL1UQ7SsuMiMgOm-ktsm_8A/s1600/rumi-meditating.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8fGmQHtCd1te9OcjZkpKHKPo0lMQPyntLe4X9kQMzO-c8p6aHJPLK5qYkvT6BbIXIKa0grnqSErJAA-DgJHmAp6tJaT5K8Oq8n6n_Zmql9R0rnP6HgbpZL1UQ7SsuMiMgOm-ktsm_8A/s320/rumi-meditating.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These spiritual window-shoppers, <br />who idly ask, 'How much is that?'<br />Oh, I'm just looking.<br />They handle a hundred items and put them down,<br />shadows with no capital.<br /><br />What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping.<br />But these walk into a shop,<br />and their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment,<br />in that shop.<br /><br />Where did you go? "Nowhere."<br />What did you have to eat? "Nothing much."<br /><br />Even if you don't know what you want,<br />buy _something,_ to be part of the exchanging flow.<br />Start a huge, foolish project,<br />like Noah.<br /><br />It makes absolutely no difference<br />what people think of you.<br /><br />Rumi,</span>Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-11195961533410491762011-09-14T22:23:00.000-07:002011-09-14T22:37:43.409-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ey6ugTmCYMk" width="480"></iframe>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few people have posted DESIDERTA on Facebook today and I couldn't resist posting this Video on my blog. I will probably get some shit for it, but lighten up and eat a bagel with loads of cream cheese. I first heard this on the National Lampoon 'Radio Dinner' album when Desiderata was making the rounds of my local High School back in 1971.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> persons than yourself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Be yourself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You are a child of the universe,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore be at peace with God,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> it is still a beautiful world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be cheerful.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Strive to be happy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Max Ehrmann c. 1920</span></div>
Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-67078550982943498032011-09-11T12:52:00.000-07:002011-09-11T12:52:03.596-07:00the door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A man went to the door<br />
of the Beloved and knocked.<br />
A voice replied, 'Who is there?'<br />
The man answered, 'It is I.'<br />
The voice said,<br />
'There is no room for 'I' and 'Thou.''<br />
The door remained closed.<br />
After a year of solitude<br />
and deprivation he returned<br />
and knocked again.<br />
A voice from within asked,<br />
'Who is there?'<br />
The man said, 'It is Thou.'<br />
The door was finally open.<br />
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Jelaluddin RumiWonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633432385042073972.post-73444533902990623992011-08-27T01:01:00.000-07:002011-08-27T01:01:49.625-07:00Rambling in the Eunseon Ravine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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no sound of mountain or beings,<br />
flock of birds fly accompanying a cloud.<br />
water flows down and flowers in full bloom,<br />
I forget the time to return.Wonji Dharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.com0