Beginning from a very young age, I have always enjoyed the company of oldsters. The audacity of youth is wonderful. The arrogance of youth, not so much. Ripened fruit is sweetest. As time passes, I hear much concern about bodily weakness and health issues. For me, loss of the ability to think clearly; to express creatively; and to speak coherently are far greater concerns than my bodily machine winding down like a clock that can’t quite maintain its accuracy. - Dwight Lee Wolter (dwightleewolter.substack.com)
Dwight Lee, I can relate. Like you, I grew up listening to elders and their story which were so enriching. To this day, I love listening to elders and I enjoy their company. 'Ripened fruit is sweetest.' I also understand your concerns as they are similar to mine. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Yvonne, I am pleased that you liked my comment and that you enjoy th company of elders. I write more deeply on this on my Substack. BTW, my sistert's name was Yvonne. The title of my piece is, "Aging As Audacious Ripening." My Substack address is: dwightleewolter.substack.com
I like this poem, but I feel it would be improved by a more realistic version of the phrases: "awaiting an awakening... is such hard work." We do not need to await an awakening. We can cease "waiting for Godot" (or any other outside source of awakening). We are able to open our eyes when we realize that many others (in the last 25 centuries) have actually experienced profound awakening (to the true essence of all phenomena) by the simple effortless effort of loosening and then surrendering our struggle to maintain a tight grip on the false idea that we have a "separate-self," (one falsely believed to be completely separate from anyone and anything else). We then realize that we're all interconnected/interdependent and thus find the joyful energy to simply open to the profound heart of understanding that the instinct of AWAKE is (and has always been) present, and it will spontaneously spring forth. This is the peak experience of fully and realistically awakening to the ultimate nature of everything in this realm of experience - limitless openness, self-luminous clarity. Thus, I have heard from the meditation-master/author of: "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism". Thanks, as always - MAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE OF SUFFERING & THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING - FTJ
Beautiful thoughts are the inner Dawn, it touches the rivers, the mountains of the heart..and somehow the world within paints reality with beauty, what if the brush is thyself and the protrait is the world.
Beginning from a very young age, I have always enjoyed the company of oldsters. The audacity of youth is wonderful. The arrogance of youth, not so much. Ripened fruit is sweetest. As time passes, I hear much concern about bodily weakness and health issues. For me, loss of the ability to think clearly; to express creatively; and to speak coherently are far greater concerns than my bodily machine winding down like a clock that can’t quite maintain its accuracy. - Dwight Lee Wolter (dwightleewolter.substack.com)
Dwight Lee, I can relate. Like you, I grew up listening to elders and their story which were so enriching. To this day, I love listening to elders and I enjoy their company. 'Ripened fruit is sweetest.' I also understand your concerns as they are similar to mine. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Yvonne, I am pleased that you liked my comment and that you enjoy th company of elders. I write more deeply on this on my Substack. BTW, my sistert's name was Yvonne. The title of my piece is, "Aging As Audacious Ripening." My Substack address is: dwightleewolter.substack.com
I like this poem, but I feel it would be improved by a more realistic version of the phrases: "awaiting an awakening... is such hard work." We do not need to await an awakening. We can cease "waiting for Godot" (or any other outside source of awakening). We are able to open our eyes when we realize that many others (in the last 25 centuries) have actually experienced profound awakening (to the true essence of all phenomena) by the simple effortless effort of loosening and then surrendering our struggle to maintain a tight grip on the false idea that we have a "separate-self," (one falsely believed to be completely separate from anyone and anything else). We then realize that we're all interconnected/interdependent and thus find the joyful energy to simply open to the profound heart of understanding that the instinct of AWAKE is (and has always been) present, and it will spontaneously spring forth. This is the peak experience of fully and realistically awakening to the ultimate nature of everything in this realm of experience - limitless openness, self-luminous clarity. Thus, I have heard from the meditation-master/author of: "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism". Thanks, as always - MAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE OF SUFFERING & THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING - FTJ
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Beautiful thoughts are the inner Dawn, it touches the rivers, the mountains of the heart..and somehow the world within paints reality with beauty, what if the brush is thyself and the protrait is the world.
I really enjoyed this poem you shared and the masterful translation.
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A wonderful writer—thank you for reminding us . . .