The Point of Balance
16 July 2006
Sunjye balances rocks. Maybe he helps the rocks balance themselves. Were the rocks off balance before Sunjye picked them up? Is Sunjye balanced? Does one have to first be balanced internally before inspiring balance outside one's own skin? What the heck is balance, anyway? Simply not falling? We're doomed, then.
He spent the day balancing rocks on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and we spent a couple of hours quietly observing. He was purposeful and patient. His hands seemed to be wise. It was perhaps more instructional to watch him than it was to enjoy the beauty he created. Once, after about twenty minutes building a rock tower, he carefully stood up and walked away. Within half a minute it fell. He looked at me with a smile and commented, "The impermanence of beauty." Now that's a four word sermon!
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