Sophic Fire

There is an atom dancing in space, whirling in its own chaos; completely innocent, wandering like a child lost in a zoo, gazing through the array of bars of its minute consciousness into the stars of endless forms. But as it dances, it knows of everything and when it leaps, it leaps to the music of its own heart, and for a moment can't be seen. Yet, it reappears as Wisdom, and on Fire, through all the smoke of beloved matter. This Log is dedicated to the sentient dance of that Atom.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Prajnaparamita

Subhuti asked: "Is perfect wisdom beyond thinking?

Is it unimaginable and totally unique but nevertheless
Reaching the unreachable
And attaining the unattainable?"

The Buddha replied: "Yes, Subhuti, it is exactly so.

And why is perfect wisdom beyond thinking?

It is because all its points of reference
Cannot be thought about but can be apprehended.

One is the disappearance of the self-conscious person

Into pure presence.

Another is the knowing of the essenceless essence

Of all things in the world.

And another is luminous knowledge

None of these points can sustain ordinary thought

Because they are not objects or subjects.

They can't be imagined or touched
Or approached in any way

By any ordinary mode of consciousness,

Therefore they are beyond thinking."

- Prajnaparamita

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