Anbefalet læsning her den sidste sommerdag i dette Herrens år
Louis Bromfield: ”Og Regnen Kom” eller eventuelt Charles Dickens: ”En Fortælling om to Byger”

Engang drømte jeg, Chuang-Chou, at jeg var en sommerfugl, en omkringflagrende sommerfugl, og jeg følte mig lykkelig. Jeg vidste ikke, at jeg var Chou. Pludselig vågnede jeg og blev mig selv, den rigtige Chou. Og jeg vidste ikke, om jeg var Chou, som drømte at han var en sommerfugl, eller en sommerfugl, som drømte at den var Chou.
(Chuang-Chou)
(Inden for Tao's kredsløb er bevidsthedstilstandene ombyttelige)

“Thi to, som elsker hinanden,
kan volde hinanden mer' ondt
end alle de argeste fjender,
som hævner sig jorden rundt.

Og to, som elsker hinanden,
kan læge de ondeste sår
blot ved at se på hinanden
og glatte hinandens hår.”

(Arash Zadeh)

Så er der delvis solformørkelse i aften.
Husk at bruge beskyttelsesbriller.

The Invitation

It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.

It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.

By Oriah © Mountain Dreaming
from the book: The Invitation

Det er for at gøre dine medmennesker lykkelige, for at drage omsorg for dem, for at hjælpe dem, og for at elske dem, at naturen har sat dig iblandt dem, og ikke for at dømme dem og straffe dem.

(Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (Markis de Sade))

Kan man følge POV på socii? Og i givet fald hvordan?

https://pov.international/

Heilung er et dansk-baseret neofolk-band bestående af den tyskfødte tattoo-artist Kai Uwe Faust, den norske sangerinde Maria Franz og den danske musiker og producer Christopher Juul.
Det er en aldeles fantastisk video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVbc_Fwbt50

Sig nærmer tiden
Hvis man bor i Horsens eller i nærheden af Horsens er der middelalderfestival 28.-29. August.
Jeg har fået besked fra kommunen om at forvente trafikmæssig og parkeringsmæssig kaos.
Festivalen er absolut et besøg værd, og der er gratis adgang.
https://middelalderfestival.dk/

Når man vågner, og er fuldstændig badet i sved, så er dette måske forklaringen.