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dundas[dundas] dundas作品集 五品知州 (再努力一把就是四品大员了!)
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发表于: 星期一 二月 25, 2008 2:57 pm 发表主题: Desert Silence |
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In those days St. Anthony persuaded many to embrace the solitary life. And thus it happened in the end: there are diverse groups of Christians that renounced marriage and possessions. Within a short period of time, cells arose in the deep mountains, and the desert was colonized by the monks, who were imbued with a revolutionary ardour and enrolled themselves for the citizenship in Heaven.
One day a young desert monk was tormented by temptation, and he decided to leave his cell and move to a place closer to other monks. As he put on his sandals, he saw another monk not far away who seemed to start to put on his sandals. He yelled out, "Who are you?" "I am your ego," came the reply. A silence fell between them. A silence full of weight and loss. _________________ My throat knew thirst before the structure
Of skin and vein around the well
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anna[星子安娜] anna作品集 Site Admin
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发表于: 星期一 二月 25, 2008 4:14 pm 发表主题: |
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This needs to re-read.
Interesting. _________________ ---------------------
Anna Yin
《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...
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ericcoliu[ericcoliu] ericcoliu作品集 二品总督 (刚入二品,小心做人)
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发表于: 星期一 二月 25, 2008 11:09 pm 发表主题: |
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Desert silence or the "sounds" of desert silence?
A provocative story to challenge the reclusive life of hermits.
The old ego has became the cave guard in your story.
The hope of escaping away from the old ego by changing one's place, roles, or partners has been dashed. _________________ Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul |
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fanfan[FFFFFF] fanfan作品集 四品府丞 (封疆大吏也!)
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发表于: 星期二 二月 26, 2008 10:46 am 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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As he put on his sandals, he saw another monk not far away who seemed to start to put on his sandals. He yelled out, "Who are you?" "I am your ego," came the reply. A silence fell between them. A silence full of weight and loss. |
It's a manifestation of the ego, the agent that does not allow the bundle of desires and needs in us to come to resolution. _________________ Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon. |
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dundas[dundas] dundas作品集 五品知州 (再努力一把就是四品大员了!)
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发表于: 星期三 二月 27, 2008 1:40 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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It's a manifestation of the ego, the agent that does not allow the bundle of desires and needs in us to come to resolution. |
Yes, well said.
It's precisely how it shores up in us such a profound dependency on this world. _________________ My throat knew thirst before the structure
Of skin and vein around the well |
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ericcoliu[ericcoliu] ericcoliu作品集 二品总督 (刚入二品,小心做人)
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发表于: 星期三 二月 27, 2008 4:11 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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It's precisely how it shores up in us such a profound dependency on this world. |
Is that the main reason for "a silence full of weight and loss?" _________________ Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul |
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dundas[dundas] dundas作品集 五品知州 (再努力一把就是四品大员了!)
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发表于: 星期一 三月 03, 2008 1:50 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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Is that the main reason for "a silence full of weight and loss?" |
Yes, it's an ongoing tug-of-war between egoistic desires and spiritual longings. _________________ My throat knew thirst before the structure
Of skin and vein around the well |
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ericcoliu[ericcoliu] ericcoliu作品集 二品总督 (刚入二品,小心做人)
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发表于: 星期四 三月 06, 2008 4:42 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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_________________ Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul |
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ericcoliu[ericcoliu] ericcoliu作品集 二品总督 (刚入二品,小心做人)
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发表于: 星期四 三月 06, 2008 4:54 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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In those days St. Anthony persuaded many to embrace the solitary life.
He yelled out, "Who are you?" "I am your ego," came the reply. A silence fell between them. A silence full of weight and loss. |
In a real-life account of the temptations of St. Anthony, "I am Satan," came the reply.
What follows is an excerpt from an article, Temptations of St. Anthony which appeared in TIME MAGAZINE, Monday, Mar. 25, 1946:
"In the 3rd Century, Saint Anthony the Egyptian renounced all worldly joys, went off into the Arabian Desert to live the life of a hermit. He had a terrible time of it. Often he would glance up from his prayers to see Satan hovering before him in the gloom of his abandoned fort. And Satan was hard to recognize; usually he looked like the things Anthony missed most." _________________ Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul |
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dundas[dundas] dundas作品集 五品知州 (再努力一把就是四品大员了!)
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发表于: 星期日 三月 09, 2008 1:03 pm 发表主题: Re: Desert Silence |
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In a real-life account of the temptations of St. Anthony, "I am Satan," came the reply.
What follows is an excerpt from an article, Temptations of St. Anthony which appeared in TIME MAGAZINE, Monday, Mar. 25, 1946:
"In the 3rd Century, Saint Anthony the Egyptian renounced all worldly joys, went off into the Arabian Desert to live the life of a hermit. He had a terrible time of it. Often he would glance up from his prayers to see Satan hovering before him in the gloom of his abandoned fort. And Satan was hard to recognize; usually he looked like the things Anthony missed most." |
The Temptation of Saint Anthony is the title of Gustave Flaubert's 1874 classic, which calls up not only the great problems of knowledge, but the real riddles of life. _________________ My throat knew thirst before the structure
Of skin and vein around the well |
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