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Posted by gar on 8/13/2009, 7:23 am, in reply to "The old men and the Dandelion"
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The Sponge and the Dandelion
With the new light of the day, pu gong ying gazed at the soft mass of sponge that gently accepted what Deer Creek brought to it.
Greetings, sponge, please tell me who you are.
Hello, pu gong ying, I seem to be one of the ten thousand things that come from heaven and earth. I am known for my power to absorb water and to become soft and pliable when wet without losing its toughness. But like all things I am influenced, and become part of, what Deer Creek sends me.
It seems, as a sponge, I find (te) virtue in all things that the water brings me. When the water has nutrients I grow and flourish. And when polluted, I starve for oxygen and return to spores.
So sometimes, sponge, you are brown because you are filled with muddy water and at other times you appear green with algae. But what is you true color?
Ah, my friend dandelion, I am without color, and the color you see is what I’m influenced by.
In peace,
gar
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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