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Posted by wulf on 7/14/2010, 4:49 am, in reply to "Re: No experiment has failed"
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i have found on my computer posts from december 1999...
the time i have joined...
and i am missing: Zentao00, Isabeau, Xun Liu, YuQing, Techudi San Win, Raymond, One Stone,
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here something posted by Zentao00 on 12/16/1999, 1:22 pm
SONG OF THE ANCIENTS
A hundred thousand lifetimes
Gone by in the blink of an eye.
The song is sung
without so much as a whisper
throughout the byways of time;
An ancient song
Wordless melody,
A flower plucked at dawn
A passing dream
A smile
The touch of a hand;
like reflections in a pond at noon.
Without the clear light of awareness
no reflections could be seen at all.
Birds sing it
people say it with every breath.
It is as ancient as the longing for love.
As deep as the love of a parent for their child.
As boundless as space.
Ancient Song
Ancient Endless Wonder
Ancient
Unchanging
Change
No mirror can capture it
No mouth can speak it
No thought
could ever grasp it.
Like trying to hold water
in the palm of your hand
or explaining to someone what the taste
of water is.
It can't be explained
It is experience itself.
Look into the wind
and you will see nothing
but the grasses sway
and the leaves rustle.
Ancient perfect purity
singing the song of creation
in every sound,every form
every idea, thought,sensation.
Worldess like the wind.
The Ancients had no name for this
so they called it Tao
A flock of geese flying through the grey winter sky
A childs first steps
Birth
Death.
How long can a baby play with a shiny new toy before losing all interest in it?
Let go with both hands
Leave childish things behind.
There is an Ancient song calling you.
Walk barefoot
shed your clothes
but don't stop there.
Walk free down the path
So inviting
Shed everything
Your toys
your dreams
your pain
Your sorrow
Your suffering
Shed it all
and walk naked.
Following nothing but the ancient song of love
that is calling you back home
beyond all this.....
foolishness.
For countless lifetimes
you have walked this path.
This path has no beginning and no end.
When you give up seeking the end
you will have found the beginning.
And an ancient song will fill your heart
Your Song
and the Song of all the Ancients.
So old it has never begun
so timeless only the heart can sing it.
Listen
To the snow melting
as the sun breaks through the clouds
and you will hear it
in the laughter of children as they play.
Listen
and you will hear it in the beating
of your heart.
In the coming and going of your breath.
In every thought.
Listen
and you will hear it calling you
Silently
in
the
center
of
your
very
being.
This Ancient Song of the
heart
fills all experience
to the
brim.
And you will know
That this very moment
is it.
Perfect just as it is.
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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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