thevinnlander - Profile (original) (raw)
on 26 February 2004 (#2338909)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Self-definition is really a very silly thing.
"When we look into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in the cosmos in it. Without clouds, there could be no rain, and there would be no flower. Without time, the flower could not bloom. In fact, the flower is made entirely of non-flower elements; is has no independent, individual existence. It "Inter-is" with everything else in the universe." - Thich Nhat Hanh, in
Living Buddha, Living Christ
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