Spirituality
is like endless billboards
in the desert
announcing a desert
up ahead
without billboards
By opening your mind to nonduality you might live a more effective life
Spirituality
is like endless billboards
in the desert
announcing a desert
up ahead
without billboards
June 29, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I do believe that is the best simile for “Spirituality” I’ve ever seen.
June 29, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Can’t say i completely agree… talking about spirituality fits the bill, for sure. The analogy makes sense to an old desert rat.
cheers,
jim
June 29, 2008 at 3:36 pm
This is original…like origami. Makes me wonder…why doesn’t the desert announce billboards
Or why the sea doesn’t label its waves. Well, I’m off to write THAT essay. Thanks for the inspiration.
July 1, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thanks CP, insomniac, and Vicki. Vicki’s essay ripples with humor and seeing. It appears in Nonduality Highlights issue #3214: http://nonduality.com/hl3214.htm
July 1, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Wait, I see a sign way up there…
This has to be it! What does it say….?
“NEXT SIGN 600 Miles”
Oh good, just 600 miles more!
What would we do if we ran out of signs?
Mike Cross, the translater of the voluminous 4 Book, “Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo” recently posted a comment that may be of interest here:
“So, like deaf old men, trying to discern a far-off signal, using small transistor radios with batteries that are almost flat, we persevere… until eventually one day we hear a human voice repeatedly telling us something in a foreign language: ….NI ARAZU! ….NI ARAZU! We look it up in the dictionary and the message translates as:
Not it!”
~Mike Cross
Yes! Yes! And what a wonderful ride it is!
Ted Biringer