from the Taoist classic Liezi. as popularized by Bruce Lee 1975
If nothing within you stays rigid
Outward things will disclose themselves
Moving, be like water.
Still, be like a mirror
Respond like an echo
from the Taoist classic Liezi. as popularized by Bruce Lee 1975
If nothing within you stays rigid
Outward things will disclose themselves
Moving, be like water.
Still, be like a mirror
Respond like an echo
Most of all, it was festive.
Talked about, sought in groups, hyped. Drive somewhere far away. Worry about cloud cover.
What is not said: an effect not known elsewhere: the experiences from the other senses.
Touch: the way the wind suddenly goes cold. The growing grayness, every phase of a gray scale, seldom seen except in ink on paper. The three-dimensional meaning of opaque.
But most of all, sudden quiet by the animals, the bugs, the family dog, the noisy geese, the tiny birds.
A pause in all of life in which we realize the enormity of Rumi’s poem:
and the sun never says to the moon, “ You owe me.”