Songs of the earth

Songs of the earth

I hear, I listen

I loath to leave.

"Loaf ...."

"Loaf.

Smile."

We receive

We receive

We let go,

In nature we learn.

"In the pursuit of learning ...."

In the pursuit of learning, every day

something is acquired.

In the pursuit of Tao, every day

something is dropped.

Less and less is done

Until non-action is achieved.

When nothing is done, nothing is left

undone.

The world is ruled by letting things

take their course.

It cannot be ruled by interfering.

Lao Tzu

"My heart wandered through the world ...."

My heart wandered through the world

constantly seeking after my cure,

but the sweet and delicious water of life

had to break through the granite of my heart.

Rumi