Let us be a Lesson to it LO29909

From: ACampnona@aol.com
Date: 02/08/03


Dear LO,

'The artful smile so charming, ah,
The lovely eyes so sparkling, ah,
The plain on which to make the painting, ah -'
Confucius 3:7

February: Spring Waits and We Wonder

The Great Learning teaches, illustrate illustrious virtue; renovate the
people; and rest in the highest excellence. The point where to rest being
known, the object of pursuit is then determined; and, that being
determined, a calm unperturbedness may be attained to.

To that calmness there will succeed a tranquil repose. In that repose
there may be careful deliberation, and that deliberation will be followed
by the attainment of the desired end.

Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and
their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to
what is taught in the Great Learning. The ancients who wished to
illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom, first ordered well
their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated
their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated
their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified
their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be
sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they
first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge
lay in the investigation of things. Things being investigated, knowledge
became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were
sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified.
Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons
being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being
regulated, their states were rightly governed. Their states being rightly
governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy. From the Son of
Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation
of the person the root of everything besides. It cannot be, when the root
is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It
never has been the case that what was of great importance has been
slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that what was of slight
importance has been greatly cared for.

I cannot read those words without thinking of my 'art masters' At ;-)

In the Book of Poetry, it is said, "The twittering yellow bird rests on a
corner of the mound." The Master said, "When it rests, it knows where to
rest. Is it possible that a man should not be equal to this bird?"

I once found a 'nested bird' and I respectfully sent it on to another man,
this man who once met with a flower on a mountainside. Stop ;-)

Now a simple complexity ;-) in order that each arrive on time on place, a
very narrow path must have been followed to both its limit.

Here then are the details to most of February - then let's look to Spring,
" To be rvn comes from the self; does it then come from others? The Master
said, If it is improper do not look at it. If it is improper, do not
listen to it. If it is improper, do not speak of it. If it is improper do
not do it. Yen Ywaen begs to devote himself to this saying. - Ah! But
that we were all so suchness of a so so ;-) but then, today we listen to
guru's... who ask of the Master, 'how do we know;-) the 'improper' from
the 'proper' - the 'knowing' from the 'doing'...version 0.2 this and that
...

Even in the time of Confucius, men would worry about robbers ;-)

Before a 'slaughter' called 'war' reflect upon this in our 'global
economy' and 'wired up' world...

Ji Kangdz asked Confucius about government, saying, If I kill those who
have not the Way in order to uphold those who have the Way, how would that
be? Confucius replied, You are there to govern; what use have you of
killing? If you desire the good, the people will be good. The virtue of
the gentleman is the wind; the virtue of the little people is the grass.
The wind on the grass will surely bend it. [ 12:19]

Please note, an appeal to nature has entered the repertoire of argument.

Diminuendo -- It never has been the case that what was of great importance
has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time, that what was of
slight importance has been greatly cared for.

Of what 'great importance' is love? In what picture is love? In which book
is love? In which programme is love? In which classroom is love? In which
building is love? In which work of art is love? In which work of science
is love? Under which country's soil is love? In which fleeting cloud is
love? In which flying bird is love? In which running cheetah is love? In
which swimming fish is love? In which ant is love? In which cockroach is
love? In which spring bud is love? In which grain of sand is love? In
which flame is love? In which finger is love? In which hand is love? In
which foot is love? In which heart is love? In which mind is love? In
which flower is love? In which star is love?

Where is love? Let's get to the root of that and put ['learning'] (in
'parent hesis' away), for a day ;-)

Dear At, could you treat us to an examination of the roots of 'time'? And
please take us slowly from there to the flowers and thence to the perfume
;-)....I wondered...is love there?

Andrew
Angel Meadow
Oxford

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ACampnona@aol.com

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