Inspiration is a bittersweet gift
On one hand it is a glimpse at
realms beyond the breadth of
the possible
On the other, it is a curse
to be among the few to chance
a look at the world beyond
your cell
That will never be fulfilled.
On one hand it is a glimpse at
realms beyond the breadth of
the possible
On the other, it is a curse
to be among the few to chance
a look at the world beyond
your cell
That will never be fulfilled.
The Romantics look at it this way:
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you can see the stars."
-- Charles A. Beard
The Buddhists say stuff like this:
HEART OF GREAT PERFECT WISDOM SUTRA
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when deeply practicing prajna paramita,clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty and thus relieved all suffering. Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form.
Form itself is emptiness, emptiness itself form. Sensations, perceptions, formations, and consciousness are also like this.
Shariputra, all dharmas are marked by emptiness; they neither arise nor cease, are neither defiled nor pure, neither increase nor decrease.
Therefore, given emptiness, there are no forms,
sensations,
perceptions,
formations,
or consciousness;
no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind;
no sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, or objects of mind;
no realm of sight, and so forth, down to no realm of mind consciousness.
There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance, and so forth, down to neither old age and death, nor extinction of old age and death;
no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path;
no knowledge and no attainment.
With nothing to attain, a bodhisattva relies on prajna paramita, and thus the mind is without hindrance. Without hindrance, there is no fear.
Far beyond all inverted views, one realizes nirvana. All buddhas of past, present, and future rely on prajna paramita and thereby attain unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment. Therefore, know the prajna paramita as the great miraculous mantra, the great bright mantra, the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra,
which removes all suffering and is true, not false.
Therefore we proclaim the prajna paramita mantra, the mantra that says: "Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha."
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I'm a romantic, so therefore attached to things, and I am hanging on as long as I can to the things I'm attached to before they all get burned off.
Apparently this means I'm going to suffer more, but I'm willing to suffer for the things I love. Maybe that's stupid, but I'm not letting them go yet. :-)