I probably need a table with a drawer to practice Zen

davidsmith208
Aug 29, 2018
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Poem:

To take to the empty is strange. I think of Van Gogh’s room. I think of Japanland. Though I probably need a table with a drawer to practice Zen. When you are filling your head with other things it makes sense. Rumi sees some life in houses and stones. I won’t put a light or a phone by my bed DS Poem august 27, 2018 “God says the wall of paradise is not Ugly and lifeless like the walls we’ve got; Just like the body’s wall, they are aware- The house is living, for the king’s in there Masnavi, book four, line 472 Page 31 the masnavi book four by Jawid Mojaddedi

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