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Diving into the river, to follow a bottle, flicked by the tick, of "that I am."
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The fingertips of “that I am” send sailing a bottle that lands in a river.
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The Poet asks the Reader to help him catch the bottle.
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When the river freezes, it's like we can walk on water!
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We believe in such things as the number eleven, can we believe the river leads to the sea?
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Message In the Bottle
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A legendary monk crossed a body of water riding on an oar. Perhaps he was a Poet Warrior!
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Presents
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Deciphering the message, the Poet learns about reaching, guilt, and just being.
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Learning impermanence raises a new question: What causes the river to run?
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Awesome lightning does its thing with so much confidence. It has a purposeless purpose!
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About those nuts as well as those that protect us!
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Illustrating the theory of Multivalence as it applies to the ultimate form: religion..
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Meditation is at times very frustrating, a struggle against the past and the future.
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Sometimes we let our assumptions ruin our own moments.
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Nothing is ever as we think it's going to be. Perhaps dying is the true awakening.
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The Poet Warrior
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Crashing onto the bank, the Poet realizes his Poems are the Arms of the Poet Warrior.
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With rising and falling, the seven factors of awakening (Buddhism) can lead us to the sea!
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