Was I the Sun or the River
I-Ching #31 (after #40)
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was i the sun or the river and were you the bird or the branch when we were drawn together each ripple in the river a wave and you and i take turns being the crest and the trough
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This beautiful poem suggests that the story of two people meeting or coming together to form parts of the same mysterious unit is mirrored in the images of nature.
"was i the sun or the river
and were you the bird or the branch
when we were drawn together"
yay! reminds me of the famous zen koan:
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: "The flag is moving."
The other said: "The wind is moving."
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He told them: "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving."