are made of
beans and seeds.
Be noble, for you
are made of
rivers and sunshine.
Be joyful, for you
have tasted one of
Xiwangmu's peaches.
- Above the Fog
"Alfred North Whitehead once pointed out that when we really understand the biological and physiological functioning of the human body and the behavior of the molecules which constitute it, it becomes impossible to entertain the notion of a discontinuity between the the body and its external environment. Living on this mountain, I can't help but realize that my body is completely integrated with the body of the mountain. Every time I drink the water that spills out of it into the mountain stream, the cells of my body assimilate it. My body is now largely composed of the water that comes from this mountain. We grow our food in the mountain's soil. The plants start out as a sing seed, and, by taking water, light, and minerals from the mountain, eventually manifest themselves as fruits, vegetables, flowers. Thus, we take the mountain into our very being; we consume it. Our septic system even returns our waste to the mountain. How could we feel separate from it?"
- John Daido Loori, Three Gates of Zen, p. 159
Interdependence: Quotes, Poems, Sayings
Our cherry trees have lots of ripening fruit these days. What a delight to eat them and share them with the birds.
I am a machine that turns beans into memories.
This cabbage, these carrots, these potatoes, these onions ... will soon become me. Such a tasty fact!- Pulling Onions
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