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Sacred Peak 1y ago

I'll share this poem by Ven. Thích Nhất Hạnh, deceased 2022. He is my grandfather in the Dharma, the teacher of one of my 2 teachers. He also gave me the lay ordination name "True Sacred Vulture" (I use my Diamond Sangha lay ordination name on here "Sacred Peak"). Both are referring to Vulture peak.

If you understand this poem, you understand that which is essential regardless what faith you do or do not practice or belong to.

https://www.parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/poem-please-call-me-by-my-true-names/

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The Beave 1y ago

I'm... Too literal in many ways to enjoy/understand/appreciate much poetry.

I like yours. That poem is so far out of my context that it is wasted on me.

Sacred Peak 1y ago

he's pointing to nonduality. he is a butterfly and each and every thing else. he even includes what people would label as very bad as himself. he is pointing to no separation, embodying it, and not apologizing. he is saying he is the little girl in the poem as much as the aggressor as much as a butterfly as much as each other thing in the poem.

that will help. it's a brilliant poem. i think a certain person from long ago whose name begins with J would be eyebrow to eyebrow with TNH if he read it.

The Beave 1y ago

I struggle with non-duality as much as I hate false dichotomies, as seen in the Postmodern uses of the Hegelian dialectic to move along the satanic pedo death cult's agenda.

Drawing empathetic parallels is good, though. But I do disagree, fundamentally, with much of the even modern (using this is the historical context of naturalism or materialism) views of the things that are being what they are. English is such a crap language to discuss being, but it is the only one I have any command of. I'm all the poorer for it.

Sacred Peak 1y ago

to get it is simple, drop all ideas and concepts. but simple doesn't mean easy.

if you are what he says he is as you read, you are eyebrow to eyebrow with TNH, eyebrow to eyebrow with the world.

if you aren't yet, don't worry about it. you actually are there already.

The Beave 1y ago

All that went over my head, so I'm not eyebrow to eyebrow with anyone... 😅

Sacred Peak 1y ago

yeah you are. you're here with me talking about stuff. eyebrow to eyebrow. #intimacy