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I held a moment in my hand,
Brilliant as a star,
Fragile as a flower,
A shiny silver out of one hour.
I dropped it carelessly.
Oh God! I knew not
I held opportunity.

Hazel Lee

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I held a moment in my hand,
Brilliant as a star,
Fragile as a flower,
A shiny silver out of one hour.
I dropped it carelessly.
Oh God! I knew not
I held opportunity.

Hazel Lee

"A shiny sliver out of one hour"
Google: 87 results (0.36 seconds)

"A shiny silver out of one hour"
Google: 96 results (0.32 seconds)

@fmf said
"A shiny sliver out of one hour"
Google: 87 results (0.36 seconds)

"A shiny silver out of one hour"
Google: 96 results (0.32 seconds)

Sally Field, Savlon (cream), silly fellow, seal fur, sulphur etc.

I am still thinking it's "sliver".

@fmf said
"A shiny saveloy out of one hour"
Google: 1 result (0.06 seconds)

Other types of small, heavily seasoned sausage as yet not subjected to a Google search.

Though I think not
To think about it,
I do think about it
And shed tears
Thinking about it.

Ryokan

Your duty is to Be,
And not to be this or that.
“I am That I am” sums up the
Whole truth; the method is
Summarized in “Be Still.”

- Ramana Maharshi

The real way circulates everywhere;
how could it require practice or enlightenment?
The essential teaching is fully available;
how could effort be necessary?
Furthermore, the entire mirror is free of dust;
why take steps to polish it?
Nothing is separate from this very place;
why journey away?

- Dogen Kigen 1227

Sitting at Reverence Mountain

The flocks have flown high up and gone.
A single cloud fades into emptiness.
In meditation, endlessly, we two.
Then: only the Mountain of Reverence.

- Wang Wei (701-761)

@rookie54

In three days time, I will embark on a solitary journey in an unfamiliar distant land. As I record what I see, I want to remember your sage pondering here.

Namaste’

@hakima
as far as you travel
i see you
i feel you
i am with you
and your heart

Not yet to the shore of non-doing,
It's silly to be sad you're not moored yet...
Eastmount's white clouds say
To keep on moving, even
If it's evening, even if it's Fall.

- Chiao Jan (730-799)

i began a conversation
i was the only person there
i presented all my evidence
to my audience of empty chairs
my every articulate gesture
was met by cold and vacant stare
and in conclusion, i said with a smile
i'd like to thank you all for being here

When plum petals among the snows
First spring free
From the ends of night,
A dark fragrance flies
To the cold lantern
Where I sit alone
And suddenly storms
My nostrils wide open.

- Han-shan Te-Ch'ing (1546-1623)