tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post3940720570264613782..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: A Minute MeditationFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-37459274691258867042016-07-17T17:48:19.868-07:002016-07-17T17:48:19.868-07:00Mudpuddle,
He's been a longtime favorite of m...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />He's been a longtime favorite of mine. I finally found a complete collection of his poetry. I just read one a day, and it's in the morning. I'm thinking about moving it to the end of the day, just before lights out. Or, maybe read one in the morning and one in the evening.<br /><br />Or, maybe read one in the morning to help start the day off right, and then reread it in the evening to complete the day.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-89073428354340909222016-07-17T17:38:48.897-07:002016-07-17T17:38:48.897-07:00Mudpuddle,
"The birds have vanished down t...Mudpuddle, <br /><br /><br />"The birds have vanished down the sky.<br /> Now the last cloud drains away.<br /><br /> We sit together, the mountain and me,<br /> until only the mountain remains."<br />-- By Li Po --<br />Translated by Sam Hamill Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-47280040956618152542016-07-17T17:32:16.601-07:002016-07-17T17:32:16.601-07:00R.T.,
An escape to Sanity would be the way I see ...R.T.,<br /><br />An escape to Sanity would be the way I see it. Actually escape isn't the best world, unless one could say escape to something better. It's a journey from a negative state to a positive state--maybe getting healthy again. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-91313511570304755122016-07-17T17:04:53.252-07:002016-07-17T17:04:53.252-07:00i used to drive through Fresno occasionally; it w...i used to drive through Fresno occasionally; it was kind of depressing...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-56326663880802057082016-07-17T14:02:27.130-07:002016-07-17T14:02:27.130-07:00actually, the gist being, imho, that the mountain,...actually, the gist being, imho, that the mountain, the temperature, and the views are all one with you; that the speaker, and his surround are inseparable...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-55877392680057269682016-07-17T14:00:14.364-07:002016-07-17T14:00:14.364-07:00excellent/tx; cold mountain is one of the best......excellent/tx; cold mountain is one of the best...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-11567330682057514082016-07-17T13:48:23.819-07:002016-07-17T13:48:23.819-07:00Fred, I remember escaping from the many urban anno...Fred, I remember escaping from the many urban annoyances (Fresno CA in the early 70s) to the Sierras often as a way of . . . well, escaping! I need the peace and quiet of being alone. But anything like immortality never ended my mind. I guess I was not much of a philosopher or thinker. I was simply hell-bent on escape from what I thought was one of the worst cities on the face of the earth.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-28156657521752810692016-07-17T11:53:29.282-07:002016-07-17T11:53:29.282-07:00R.T.,
True, perhaps, but as Arthur C. Clarke'...R.T.,<br /><br />True, perhaps, but as Arthur C. Clarke's Second Law reminds us:<br /><br />The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-46841903783378869602016-07-17T11:40:03.943-07:002016-07-17T11:40:03.943-07:00Fred, I think that may be true. We are limited. Th...Fred, I think that may be true. We are limited. The cosmos is unlimited. By definition, we cannot go beyond ourselves. This perhaps explains why mountains in myth, legend, and history were such sacred places.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-61365428249650487992016-07-17T11:37:56.415-07:002016-07-17T11:37:56.415-07:00R.T.,
Places we are not meant to go? R.T.,<br /><br />Places we are not meant to go? Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-44192928019423767952016-07-17T11:36:53.336-07:002016-07-17T11:36:53.336-07:00Mudpuddle,
"Spring water is pure in an emera...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />"Spring water is pure in an emerald stream<br /> moonlight is white on Cold Mountain<br /> silence thoughts and the spirit becomes clear<br /> focus on emptiness and the world grows still"<br /><br />-- Han Shan (aka Cold Mountain) --<br />from The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain<br />trans. Red Pine<br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-73995312142162746402016-07-17T11:00:45.109-07:002016-07-17T11:00:45.109-07:00There is a point, however, beyond which no human c...There is a point, however, beyond which no human can penetrate or survive. Perhaps that says something even more significant about the highest mountains. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-84195289055273560222016-07-17T10:10:11.083-07:002016-07-17T10:10:11.083-07:00when younger i did a fair amount of mountain hikin...when younger i did a fair amount of mountain hiking and climbing; Muir captures that so well: the feelings of freedom and presence and identity with the larger world; very zennish, one might say...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com