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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

ENLIGHTENMENT

Chop wood, carry water

[The lotus flower is a symbol for enlightenment. Its roots are sunken in silt and debris, yet it grows out of that debris through the water and emerges into the bright sunlight as a beautiful, perfect, fragrant flower. It does not grow out of a pure, rarefied atmosphere, but from decayed matter, from the very stuff of our lives.]

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

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