Science will never come close
to the essence of things because
its domain is in the material.
The material will never guide
you to the essence of things
because it’s just a reflection.
A reflection will never lead
you to the essence of things
because it’s not really real.
Something not real will never
get you to the essence
of things because it’s just nothing.
Nothing will never bring
you to the essence of things
but something certainly will.
~Son Rivers 2006
PLOP!
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Though the verse is out of season, a reader asked me how to explain Bashō’s
“Old Pond” hokku to others. First, I suggested telling them to go find an
old p...
6 days ago
1 comment:
Hi Guy, I'm not sure if I agree with that. I think we fade away our own spiritual, and then try to replace it with the material. Which never works of course. At least that's what I think I used to do.
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