Watching the dust dance his sight seemed unusually keen, for he imagined that he could actually focus on each mote…tens of thousands of them were held in his mind as they formed and reformed into exquisite patterns, ghostly images that poised in air only to dissolve and be reborn again.
"What do you see?" But Melchior couldn't answer. "Good. One should be dumbfounded to see reality for the first time -- worlds coming and going like dust in a beam of sunlight."
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posted by J.B.P. at 1:55 AM
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Would the wise one remain wise if also failing to hold on to wisdom?
Confidence does seem to have central importance to a well lived life, though in Western culture it often gets a bad rap as being arrogance. Perhaps a more Aristotelian sense of pride as the mean between arrogance and humility could be recovered and that would be a confidence such as is being praised in your selection and well worth holding as a treasure.
These are my thoughts, such as they are.
Namaste
"Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself."
-Same dude-
Right on Preta-Sutra, Right on.
And, oh yeah, Sean can't stop RAVING about how superior Madison is to DK, is this, in fact, true?
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