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Anthem
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 Posted - Feb 17 2010 : 11:38:30 PM
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There is a really great interview in Oprah's Magazine between her and Thich Nhat Hanh which amongst other things, gives some expanding glimpses into One Mind.
It can be found here: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Oprah-T...-Nhat-Hanh/1
Here is an exert:
Nhat Hanh: The question can be answered when you can answer this: What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world. Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature. Action is called karma. And that's your continuation. When this body disintegrates, you continue on with your actions. It's like the cloud in the sky. When the cloud is no longer in the sky, it hasn't died. The cloud is continued in other forms like rain or snow or ice. Our nature is the nature of no birth and no death. It is impossible for a cloud to pass from being into nonbeing. And that is true with a beloved person. They have not died. They have continued in many new forms and you can look deeply and recognize them in you and around you.
Oprah: Is that what you meant when you wrote one of my favorite poems, "Call Me By My True Name"?
Nhat Hanh: Yes. When you call me European, I say yes. When you call me Arab, I say yes. When you call me black, I say yes. When you call me white, I say yes. Because I am in you and you are in me. We have to inter-be with everything in the cosmos.
Oprah: [ Reading from the poem ] "I am a mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river. And I am the bird that swoops down to swallow the mayfly.… I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones, my legs as thin as bamboo sticks. And I am the arms merchant, selling deadly weapons to Uganda. I am the 12-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat, who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate. And I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving…. Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one. Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up and the door of my heart could be left open, the door of compassion." What does that poem mean? |
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 09:54:33 AM
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| Thanks for this Andrew, a lovely interview |
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Yonatan
Israel
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Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 4:47:39 PM
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| Thanks!! |
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Oprah Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh
