In Japan I saw very old trees. In the USA trees are not always valued for their "inner spirit" nor the joy they give others. One tree I saw in Takayama was 800+ years old. Americans cannot fathom that.
Not only do you summarize one of Chaplin's movies - City Lights (and I do believe the flower girl was blind) - but you manage to weave in Chaplin's life story and why 'The Tramp' was created in the first place.
He came from nothing and became such an icon, all while showing the world that you did not have to lose your humanity in the process.
Thanks for joining me in celebrating Charlie Chaplin's 136th birthday with your tribute!
Yes, I agree. Fascist/autocratic/theocratic states in Russia and the USA will force Europe and Canada into a partnership that may benefit the world. May they be the light going forward.
Very well said, Sue. I agree with life is satisfying once we stop focusing on other's happiness and instead of focusing on ourselves. It was a difficult lesson but one that changed my life.
Enquire: 'Who am I?' and you will find the answer.
Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree.
No two fruits are alike.
Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree.
So, it is the same Atman everywhere.
All creation is that.
There is beauty in the birds and in the animals. They too eat and drink like us, mate and multiply; but there is this difference:
we can realize our true nature, the Atman.
Having been born as human beings, we must not waste this opportunity.
At least for a few seconds every day,
we must enquire as to who we are.
It is no use taking a return ticket over and over again. From birth to death, and death to birth is samsara.
But really we have no birth and death.
We must realize that.
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