I think we do forget to be in the moment. We see the big picture as overwhelming forgetting that all the little pieces are what makes is special in the moment. I know I'm guilty of that a lot.
Joy Apr 28, 2025 at 11:22am In response to "The Prompt"
Absolutely! I agree with you. After a certain time in our lives, circumstances permitting, we can create ourselves. The problem, if there's a problem, lies with our paying far too much attention to what others may say. As you pointed out, mostly, external creation leads to self-creation.
Awesome response. The poem Wasteland poem was also written shortly after the ending of World War I and there were many areas that looked like wasteland so it's an effective reminder of what man is capable of doing. Also in earlier times when battles were more dependent on good weather typically April the troops would stir after their winter encampments and begin fighting again. Another sad reminder of man's creating wasteland and burials of the dead.
In Japan I saw very old trees. In the USA trees are not always valued for their "inner spirit" nor the joy they give others. One tree I saw in Takayama was 800+ years old. Americans cannot fathom that.
Not only do you summarize one of Chaplin's movies - City Lights (and I do believe the flower girl was blind) - but you manage to weave in Chaplin's life story and why 'The Tramp' was created in the first place.
He came from nothing and became such an icon, all while showing the world that you did not have to lose your humanity in the process.
Thanks for joining me in celebrating Charlie Chaplin's 136th birthday with your tribute!
A major Buddhist principle is that something cannot become nothing. So after death, not only does the spirit transform, the body does also in the endless cycle of transformation.
Take a candle for example. Once you light it, it begins to melt and eventually disappear.
But the elements of the candle have scattered into other forms and are absorbed into other things in their endless journey of transformation.
In other words, not a single element has disappeared.
So the problem for us becomes one of the spirit. If the spirit, too, follows the principle of cause, effect, and transformation, how are we supposed to conduct ourselves?
Today's world is filled with misdeeds. But those who are conscious of the principle of cause-and-effect would not commit any of them. Karma is what we do and what we get for it in return. So it becomes radically clear that we should lead noble lives.
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