The Third Zen Patriarch, Seng-Ts’an said,
“Word! Words! The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.” from the Hsin-Hsin Ming translated by Richard B. Clarke (c) 1973.
Malcolm Guite, in the link provided below, gives us a beautiful poem on what can happen, what might happen if we use our words recklessly.
May our words be truthful and kind.
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May our words be worthy of who we are. And our thoughts, as well, for they precede our words. Yet there is no condemnation for “wrong words.” Who will condemn? Only ourselves, and we are our own harshest critics. The Divine comprehends the purpose of both the notes and the rests. 💚 Without each, there would be no music.
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Thank you for your comments and the musical reference, Camilla. As a formal weekend musician, I came to better appreciate rests and the beauty of silence between the notes. Yes, we often have much less to regret when we use fewer notes to deliver our song.
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