So much to consider

Earlier this afternoon I was reading The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra. Here is the quote (and the quote within a quote) that has me captivated: "The Eastern mystics have a dynamic view of the universe similar to that of modern physics, and consequently it is not surprising that they, too, have used the image of the dance to convey their intuition of nature. A beautiful example of such an image of rhythm and dance is given by Alexandra David-Neel in her Tibetan Journey, where she describes how she met a lama who referred to himself as a "master of sound" and gave her the following account of his view of matter: All things...are aggregations of atoms that dance and by their movements produce sounds. When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces also changes...Each atom perpetually sings its song, and the sound, at every moment, creates dense and subtle forms.

The similarity of this view to that of modern physics becomes particularly striking when we remember that sound is a wave with a certain frequency which changes when the sound does, and that particles- the modern equivalent of the old concept of atoms-are also waves with frequencies proportional to their energies."

Next book: Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung.

Here is a poem I wrote about airplane travel...

seeing eye dog dog shit on the carpet at
gate 15A,
seeing eye dog dog shit,
who's going to pay?
two blind ladies?
will the two blind ladies pay?
do dogs pay?
it's the janitor that will come,
and we sit there, dumb,
because the dog has marked us
for a terrible flight,
a terrible, horrible, frightful flight
from stormy san francisco to
cleveland night,
and if I could never fly again
that would be just fine,
seeing eye dog dog shit,
you've got to look for signs.


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