the 3rd piece is something i just wrote. enjoy.
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The emperor, who was a devout Buddhist, invited a great Zen master to the Palace in order to ask him questions about Buddhism.
"What is the highest truth of the holy Buddhist doctrine?" the emperor inquired.
"Vast emptiness... and not a trace of holiness," the master replied.
"If there is no holiness," the emperor said, "then who or what are you?"
"I do not know," the master replied.
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One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river.
"Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu, "They are really enjoying themselves."
"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."
"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you know that I do not know that the fish are enjoying themselves?"
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i feel like at times I've discovered a certain level of truth. a way to liberate my mind on my own terms. my personal enlightenment. tho it grows as ivy on the
edges of my mind. hard to grasp. see. touch. feel. but i know it. it's there. I've seen it many times before and i know what it is. it holds hands with other
ideas. other philosophies leaves growing into my roots. it's all me. its my own form of peace i feel when they emit a dim light. i don't know if I'll ever
reach the point of holding it close. but when i crack apart. it comes about and makes me limp along a little further. it may not be perfect truth. but it's mine.
it makes sense to me. and when i can feel it. I've never smiled harder.
zen. universe. god. demon. creator. destroyer. philosopher. ignorance. chaos. peace.
swipe them off the plate clean. replace it with me. i fill my own void.
