Friday, March 21, 2014

Limitlessness

"When a fish swims, it swims on and on, and there is no end to the water. 
When a bird flies, it flies on and on, and there is no end to the sky.
There was never a fish that swam out of the water, or a bird that flew out of the sky.
When they need a little water or sky, they use just a little; when they need a lot, they use a lot.
Thus, they use all of it at every moment, and in every place they have perfect freedom.
But if there were a bird that first wanted to examine the size of the sky, or a fish that first wanted to examine the extent of the water, and then try to fly or swim, it would never find its way.
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For the place, the way, is neither large nor small, neither self nor other."
-Dogen

Running and living; when weary, soul sore, and prone to seeing gray instead of lilac, have faith that your path equals that of the bird who never flew out of sky.


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