七步诗 – SEVEN STEPS VERSE

豆燃豆萁, Lighting the bean stalk to boil the beans, * 豆在釜中泣。 and of this the beans thus wailed: * 本自同根生, “Borne are we of the same root; * 相煎何太急 should you now burn me with such disregard?”  Written by 曹植 (Cáozhí)  Created during the Three Kingdoms period (220 – 280 AD)

illumination

a lighting up (shine a light and make it brighter) the luminous flux per unit area on an intercepting surface at any given point to make something that is difficult to understand clearer by providing an interpretation or clarification that removes obstacles to understanding a condition of divine, spiritual awareness or intellectual enlightenment

Entitled Entanglements

Entitlement. What does it mean to you? What are you entitled to in this life? Love? Money? Opportunity? Health? Freedom? Entitlement refers to one’s belief in inherently deserving privileges or special treatment sometimes without merit. Individuals may even believe they have the right to deny or have access to something irrespective of others’ needs oftenContinue reading “Entitled Entanglements”

I Was Passionate

I was passionate, filled with longing, I searched far and wide. But the day that the Truthful One found me, I was at home. Written By Lal Ded  (Kashmir, 14th century)  Translated by Jane Hirshfield