Hi everyone! I am going to make today’s post short and sweet. A few years back a well known Zen teacher shared this poem by W.H Auden with me.
At the time I was having some difficulty in my practice and was on the verge of what I now jokingly like to call my nervous-breakthrough. It was exactly what I needed to hear…
In fact after hearing it only once, something clicked and I woke up to much of the nonsense I was creating and had created in my life. It was the perfect teaching at the perfect time!
I guess we could say that one of the true gifts of a wise teacher is good timing, having the intuition to know when a student is ripe and what teaching will make that apple fall from the tree.
In truth, life is the wisest of teachers. If we are truly paying attention then the trees, our pets, our children, our enemies, the crazy man talking to himself on the subway, everyone and everything becomes that wise teacher with perfect timing…
The reason this is so is because they are mirrors reflecting ourselves back on ourselves and vice versa. If it wasn’t for everyone and everything else, we would be blind, life would be meaningless, we would be dead…
I hope you like it…
We would rather be ruined than change,
We would rather die in our own dread
Than climb the cross of the moment,
And let our illusions die.
Until next time…
Kind Regards,
A
Cindy
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Good stuff my friend and so true. I have never heard of that poem or the poet but I really like it.
Dev
HI Anthony,
That is a brilliant poem! Never heard it before but think it hit at the core
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Anthony,
This post is packed with truth! The poem at the end is great.
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What a great post! This is my favorite place on the web for practical and understandable wisdom. Like it or not I now consider you one of my teachers!
It is so true that we are mirrors for one another. We are inseparable, interconnected, one. It is cool that you have had the privilege of learning from such cool people. Like Darryl above said, this post is packed with truth!
Joe
that was a lovely poem and what I just what I needed today, thank you for posting
Heavy man.
This is a brilliant poem. I love it.
JJ
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Powerful poem to ponder. Thanks!
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Anthony,
Great to see you’ve others join to comment in your blog, at least since your last post!
Well done!
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I love it. That was great to read and hear! Keep ‘em coming!
I have been told that change takes place when the pain of staying the same exceeds the fear of change. I really liked the poem Anthony. Thanks for the post. I look forward to the next.
Hi Anthony,
what a wonderful poem from W.H. Auden. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. Indeed, to face down our pains and our fears can be a painful process. This is why we often really want someome, a mentor, a trained specialist, to gently and firmly take us by the hand and walk with us through those shadows of death to help us to DO that.
Best regards,
April Braswell
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Interesting poem – thought provoking!
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