CONTINUUM OF TIME 時間連續體 (115)

READING (EAST/WEST) 閱讀 (東西)

Motions of Mind 心靈的動作

Posted March 7, 2022

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The dead bodies of civilians killed by Russian shelling lay covered in the street in the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Diego Herrera Carcedo) 

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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja). Indian (Tamil Nadu) – ca. 11th century. The Met Museum, New York.

As a prime symbol from the Hindu tradition, Shiva combines in a single image the roles of creator, preserver and destroyer of the universe.

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Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.

— Mahatma Gandhi (1925) 

There is no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died.

— Vladimir Putin (2007)

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Even if you cannot see it, the whole universe is before your eyes.

— Seng-Ts’an (d. 606 CE), third Patriarch of Chan Buddhism

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bill
 bissett

2022

    sew  whn is smooth  sailing  yu ask  oh fervent

                 ths infernal  internal  e ternal   tempest
                                 sores  me  2  dstraksyun

                  th turbulens  uv us  all  riding  out
                                         on  th waves  2 wher


                 n is th destinaysyun  onlee  furthr out  2 c

                 thos  its pleysyurs  n dangrs   n nowher
                                                  reelee  landing
                4 longing  as hard  n willing  n allowing  th

                changing  winds  storms  n staree suspensful
                   lulls    as we agen  set loving   sail

                                     pull  n lift   anchor  without  know
                  ing

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