Posted by EscherDementian on March 13, 2004, at 6:38:33
In reply to Re: zazen for zen » EscherDementian, posted by shar on March 12, 2004, at 22:34:55
>> cogitate on this one a bit...
>>
>> "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a Ride!" ~WL Deanes
>>Ahhhhh... "To be ashes and not dust".... i love it... thanx' *sigh*
>> If only I could attain that attitude! That quote was sent to me as part of a 'signature' from a person at the hospice org I volunteer for. I thought it was SO great!! If only I could feel that way, just for a little while!
>>i'm going to propose a 'small' Joni Mitchell quote for you, shar, if you don't mind?:
"...You've got to shake your fists at lightening now,
You've got to Roar like forest fire~
Spread your light like blazes
All across the skyThey're going to aim the hoses on you.
Show them
You won't expire
Not even if you burn up every passion...
Not even
will you die(C'mon now, you've got to try)
If you're feeling contempt~ well then you Tell It.
If you're tired of The Silent Night,
jesus
Then You Yell It...Condemned to wires and hammers~
Strike every chord that you feel
That broken trees
and elephant ivories
Can Reveal."
*(disclaimer: i might have a word or two off. i quoted that from my heart's memory. it's from her "Ludwig's Tune"
Escher
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