We Live For One Minute
l0-l5-06 We Live For One Minute
We each are granted one minute to live on earth & to enjoy its infinite splendors. That one minute has to cover the entire experience. Though wise Buddha said our life is rather more like a spark that passes through the night & is never seen again. Closer to a second than a minute. That is what one human life is like compared to the eternity of matter & energy. We are a momentary expression of nature. Like a drop of water falling in a shower of rain. We pass suddenly through the air & disappear. In that moment we call our lives we may encounter a beloved face & we may even exchange words, tendernesses with the beloved. We may engage in a moment's unadulterated communion. And in that singular moment we feel everything there is to feel as a member of our species. All the poignancies & ecstasies & agonies of human being---all the glories & nightmares & boredoms are ours.
RLG Copyright 2006
We each are granted one minute to live on earth & to enjoy its infinite splendors. That one minute has to cover the entire experience. Though wise Buddha said our life is rather more like a spark that passes through the night & is never seen again. Closer to a second than a minute. That is what one human life is like compared to the eternity of matter & energy. We are a momentary expression of nature. Like a drop of water falling in a shower of rain. We pass suddenly through the air & disappear. In that moment we call our lives we may encounter a beloved face & we may even exchange words, tendernesses with the beloved. We may engage in a moment's unadulterated communion. And in that singular moment we feel everything there is to feel as a member of our species. All the poignancies & ecstasies & agonies of human being---all the glories & nightmares & boredoms are ours.
RLG Copyright 2006
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