Alan Watts: Caigentan -- Vegetable Root Discourse

Views: 221
Get Embed Code
An excerpt of Alan Watts transcript from the Vetetable Root Discourses:If the mind is clearA dark room has its blue skyIf the mind is somberBroad daylight gives birth toDemons and evil spiritsThe just manHas no mind to seek happinessHeaven thereforeBecause of this mindlessnessOpens its inmost heartThe bad man busies himselfWith avoiding misfortunesHeaven thereforeConfounds him for this desireHow unsearchable are the ways of heavenHow useless the wisdom of menThe Tao is common propertyIt should be pointed out to all we meetLearning is as ordinary as eating rice at homeAccording to the circumstancesIt should be applied circumspectlyThe Ancients left rice for miceAnd did not light lampsOut of pity for mothsThese thoughts of theirsAre the operation point of humanityIn lifeLacking thisA man is a mere earthmanA wooden bodyThe Zen sect saysWhen you are hungry — eatWhen you are weary — sleepPoetry aims at the descriptionIn common languageOf beautiful sceneryThe sublime is contained in the ordinaryThe hardest in the easiestWhat is self-conscious and ulteriorIs far from the truthWhat is mindlessIs near[End transcript of Alan's talk.]

You need to be a member of Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community to add comments!

Join Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community

E-mail me when people leave their comments –

Latest Activity

Drekx Omega left a comment on Comment Wall
"The ice age was beginning to melt in the age of Virgo, but, at the moment of the commenced age of Leo (10,900 BC to 8,740 BC,) the Younger Dryas comet broke into fragments and slammed into north America and split shards, into Europe, too...
It…"
1 hour ago
Drekx Omega commented on Drekx Omega's video
"The ice age was beginning to melt in the age of Virgo, but, at the moment of the commenced age of Leo (10,900 BC to 8,740 BC,) the Younger Dryas comet broke into fragments and slammed into north America and split shards, into Europe, too...
It…"
1 hour ago
AlternateEarth commented on AlternateEarth's blog post Pres Trump Posts Himself Alongside Aliens
"I just hope the deep state doesn't show up on the fourth of July via holograms and rubber suits."
3 hours ago
AlternateEarth left a comment on Comment Wall
"Justin-Draconians and their rituals-what type of rituals? Offerings to Gods and Goddesses?"
3 hours ago
AlternateEarth left a comment on Comment Wall
"You would think the people from Andromeda, who are closer to humans in appearance, would reveal themselves and then gradually introduce other races."
3 hours ago
Drekx Omega left a comment on Comment Wall
"Yes, it seems that spirit, of which we are all sparks, has and will, always seek to express itself, within all facets of the creation and a true experience is one in which all is known and undergone...the negative and positive experiences...It is a…"
4 hours ago
Justin89636 commented on AlternateEarth's blog post Pres Trump Posts Himself Alongside Aliens
"I've also seen some AI videos I think Trump made of him and ET's. Its cool to see he's having fun with this subject and taking it seriously also. Full disclosure will be amazing and then comes the landings with contact 😁"
4 hours ago
Justin89636 left a comment on Comment Wall
"I wonder if some of those less evolved races you mentioned Drekx are going through some of the same negative stuff we see here on Earth like war and disease for example?"
5 hours ago
More…