no60

No.60 The Great Divide
by George (07/29/2008)

     The Great Divide (a little play in one act)
    Dramatis Personas: Left Brain=L.B. / Right Brain=R.B.

    R.B: “Mmmmm”
    L.B.: “What does that mean?”
    R.B.: “Oh”
    L.B.: “Do mean that I the positive or in the negative sense?”
    R.B.: “Ah”
    L.B.: “That doesn’t explain anything”
    R.B.: “mmmmm”
    L.B.: “ We’ll never get to the bottom of this.”

     Dear Rin,
    Maybe the Western idea of love is different from the Eastern idea because the
Western Concept is more bound to Matter or Thingness. Is a thing in fact or an
expression of an idea? Perhaps the truth is that when one person loves another it is
because they love through the other like a lens.   The other one becomes the focus of
their love.
     What is love? Maybe we can define the ottributes of love but the essence of love is
evanescent, it is beyond our grasp. The Western Mind is more prone to grasp.
Concepts are like claws or teeth, they pounce on life and make it Thing. Even with
people, can you believe it?   Even with people.
    “This contract says you are my people-thing.”
    “Did I sign that???”
    But if one person meets another person and when they meet the heart of the first
person is singing then it is a happy occasion. It is a celebration of life.
       But maybe what makes the heart sing is something that other person is not even
aware of. A way they move or express themselves or unique way they see the world. It
could be a number of things or combinations but somewhere inside ther is the
collector. Insiide it says “ I want this person for my collection”.
        The heart wants to sing.   If someone says to themselves in their memory. “That
was the day my heart was singing- I will put a rose by the memory of that day.”   There
is no Thingness in that.
    It is a bird that cannot be captured. People want to capture the bird. They want to
train the bird to sing. Too bad. The bird is free.

    George