Sunday, March 27, 2022
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (60)
IF YOU CAN'T
If you can't
see the mountain,
you've gone too far,
the old monk says.
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THE EDGE
The edge of
the universe is
always new,
the old monk said.
~
IF YOU GO BACK
If you go back
to talk about it,
you've already
lost the argument,
the old monk says.
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EVEN IF
Even if
it occurs
only once,
there'll still be
wisdom in it,
the old monk says.
~
IF I GO UP
If I go up
the mountain
with rice and beans
what do I come
back down for,
the old monk asked.
~
THE SOUND YOU HEAR
The sound you hear,
that note is E-flat,
the old monk says.
That's the key
the universe
sings in.
~
PHYSICS IS
Physics is the way
the universe thinks,
the old monk says.
Pull up a chair, listen.
~
IF YOU KEEP
If you keep
wanting it
to hurt,
it will hurt,
the old monk says.
Stop wanting it
to hurt.
~
FLY THROUGH
Fly through
Sunday
fast enough,
you make it
halfway to
Wednesday,
the old monk says.
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DO IT DIFFERENT
Do it different
than you always do,
you will lose it,
the old monk says.
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