:Only Breath

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion

or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up

from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,

am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve or any

origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.

I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.

- Rumi

:man in the hole

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A man was walking along and fell into such a deep hole that he could not get out. So he began to shout very loudly for help.

A learned professor came along and found him. He looked down into a hole and lectured the unfortunate man : “ Why were you so foolish as to fall down there in the first place? You should be more careful. If you ever get out again, watch your step.”
And with that he took off.

Then a holy monk came along. He looked down into the hole and told the man, I’ll try to reach down as far as I can, and you reach up as far as you can. If I can grab you your hand, I’ll put you out.”
So they tried but it did not work. The hole was too deep. So the monk said he was sorry and left the man to his fate.

Now Christ comes along. He sees the man’s problem and with- out asking him any question, he just jumps down into hole. Then he lets the man climb onto his shoulders and even onto his outstretched arms… and gets the man out.

This is known as personal involvement.



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