”To forget things and forget Heaven is called a forgetter of self. One who has forgotten one’s self can be said to have entered Heaven.” The Zhuangzi, quoted by Pipei Qiu, Basho and the Dao, 148.
I know little of
ducks but that doesn’t matter.
I watch them closely.
Being myopic,
I see their passivity,
non-action, shimmer
in the icy mix.
Just standing here is my way.
Ducks show forth the Dao.
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