What Is That Kind Of Paradise?
What Is That Kind Of Paradise?
There’s no plant, no tree whatever that’s not wonderful. Each branch, any leaf, any flower, any fruit of it, is wonderful, even though without its leaves as a tree in winter. There is no dog, no cat, no bird not wonderful, not lovable, no fish, no creature, no man, no woman, … And I thought of Whitney Houston who won so many Grammy Awards, are they less wonderful?
I see, hear, feel them all around me.
And I thought of those that have their eyes, ears, their senses, heart shut. They would never find, enter paradise. What’s that kind of paradise?
And I thought of the teachings that the way to heaven is along a difficult, dangerous, narrow, steep path while the road to hell is along an easy, pleasurable highway.
And of those that lead an ascetic life.
And of Nirwana of Budha of non-attachments as to be freed from suffering, while I, on the contrary am willing, readily to endure it, rather than kill my fondest, dearest attachments, affections to a woman, a dog, a tree, a lake, the woods, the country, … and cry, weep, suffer for the loss of them.
February 2012
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