Art of Living - a long way to go...What we believe as being necessary
will come in its own pass of time
let's appreciate what there is now
it can be enjoyed as a sacred present
enriching artist's life and growingBeing aware - relating to what is offered
how we react and what we trigger
what we receive in return for letting go
acknowledging the hidden cause
for not being able to enjoy the wholeOur expectations and dreams
can be seen as obvious obstacles
causing inability to enjoy what's there
why can't we never be satisfied
always wanting more and more?Identified with our possessions
we are clinging firmly on narrow stuff
not being able freely to receive
the abundance of essential wideness
we lose ourselves in mundane trivialityConceptional greatness offers a goal
might help to lift one's depressed view
hardly will change someone's being
adding new pictures to the old ones
calming confusion by covering chaosWhen someone's breath becoming short
stuffed up to the utmost bearable limit
falling on one's nose or being hit back
might cause reflections upon one's values
finally recognizing more essential needsNo space is left open to receive
if we don't drop some of the old
looking through collected possessions
we sort out what could be dispensed
to take some fair distance from oneselfNeeds to express oneself arise cautiously
sensible call from one's longing heart
still mixed with one's trivial old desires
it will be a long and solemn way to go
to be a channel of creative existenceArt is not a product nor exist by itself
it is true expression of 'walking the talk'
manifested personal effort in pain and joy
outlet of unconscious accumulated pressure
or alert awareness connected to one's sourceBeiYin
5. Dec. 1998
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