Meditation Point #100
A Zen Thing….on the shore
Of the wide world I stand
alone, and think
alone, and think
Till love and fame to
nothingness do sink.
nothingness do sink.
John Keats
For this one you need to do some active visualization. It is hard to picture a shore facing the whole world but the sea shore is immense enough for this exercise. Standing there, alone it is hard not to be caught by your own insignificance. Standing there you are little more then a grain of sand before the world. The only thing greater then the world is Love. Yet here it say ” till love and fame to nothingness do sink” but in reflection I think you will see that it isn’t true love to which Keats refers. Here we reflect on our self-love and selfish desires, fame and self-importance.
Standing on the shore we are left with our thoughts which eventually also fade before the beauty and calm that is the unadulterated world. In this silence we see more clearly, understanding that all that truly matters in life all that lasts has little to do with selfish desires and everything to do with selfless love, true love. This is a kind and gentle love like the calm sea lapping against the short. To often though we forget that is selfless love, this true love can be as violent and turbulent as the raging seas. For in true love lies truth and peace but in possessing this truth the rage of righteousness and justice lives. While the more mainstream interpretations portray peace love and happiness as calm and giving and sappy picture in reality. The deeper we dig and reflect the more we realize that true love is justice in its purest form. So stand on the shore, let your mind go and let the immensity of the world give you a new perspective on the glory of your insignificance.
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