Wonderful. I find it helpful to remember that doubt is one of the hindrances. Our culture tends to invigorate doubt and give it more energy than is good for us, I think. Great doubt and great faith balance each other marvelously.
Still, it can be comforting and often helpful to remember how little we really know. Like your teacher says, "Only Don't Know"
I wrote a 9 line rictameter poem today. Have you experimented much with that form?
I wrote that quatrain in response to someone who wanted certainty; they wanted me to give them THE answer. What I had was only my experience, which I'm willing to share. But I sensed, first, that they wouldn't like what I was offering precisely because it wasn't a certainty, and second, my own experience didn't seem to affirm their own view.
I was unaware of the rictameter. So I looked it up. Turns out there's a Wikipedia article about it with some nice links. Interesting form. I may take some time to see if it is congenial for me.
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Wonderful. I find it helpful to remember that doubt is one of the hindrances. Our culture tends to invigorate doubt and give it more energy than is good for us, I think. Great doubt and great faith balance each other marvelously.
Still, it can be comforting and often helpful to remember how little we really know. Like your teacher says, "Only Don't Know"
I wrote a 9 line rictameter poem today. Have you experimented much with that form?
I wrote that quatrain in response to someone who wanted certainty; they wanted me to give them THE answer. What I had was only my experience, which I'm willing to share. But I sensed, first, that they wouldn't like what I was offering precisely because it wasn't a certainty, and second, my own experience didn't seem to affirm their own view.
I was unaware of the rictameter. So I looked it up. Turns out there's a Wikipedia article about it with some nice links. Interesting form. I may take some time to see if it is congenial for me.
Thanks,
Jim
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