Integrity
Those who of old got to be whole:
Heaven through its wholeness is pure;
earth through its wholeness is steady;
spirit through its wholeness is potent;
the valley through its wholeness flows with rivers;
the ten thousand things through their wholeness live;
rulers through their wholeness have authority.
Their wholeness makes them what they are.
Without what makes it pure, heaven would disintegrate;
without what steadies it, earth would crack apart;
without what makes it potent, spirit would fail;
with what fills it, the valley would run dry;
without what quickens them, the ten thousand things
would die;
without what authorizes them, rulers would fall.
The root of the noble is in the common,
the high stands on what's below.
Princes and kings call themselves
"orphans, widowers, beggars,"
to get themselves rooted in the dirt.
A multiplicity of riches
is poverty.
Jade is praised as precious,
but its strength is being stone.
-Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching-
Those who of old got to be whole:
Heaven through its wholeness is pure;
earth through its wholeness is steady;
spirit through its wholeness is potent;
the valley through its wholeness flows with rivers;
the ten thousand things through their wholeness live;
rulers through their wholeness have authority.
Their wholeness makes them what they are.
Without what makes it pure, heaven would disintegrate;
without what steadies it, earth would crack apart;
without what makes it potent, spirit would fail;
with what fills it, the valley would run dry;
without what quickens them, the ten thousand things
would die;
without what authorizes them, rulers would fall.
The root of the noble is in the common,
the high stands on what's below.
Princes and kings call themselves
"orphans, widowers, beggars,"
to get themselves rooted in the dirt.
A multiplicity of riches
is poverty.
Jade is praised as precious,
but its strength is being stone.
-Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching-
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: 'O Partha, when a man gives up all varieties of desire for sense gratification, which arise from mental concoction, and when his mind, thus purified, finds satisfaction in the Self Alone then he is said to be in pure Transcendental Consciousness."
Bhagavad Gita 2:55
Bhagavad Gita 2:55
vARIATIONS on a Key - that when they were at The Way, we came to the Battlements. That when they were at the gates, we saw. That when they hammered at The Door, we Beckoned. that when they bludgeoned at repose, we were quiet. That when they set fire to The Stone, we waited. That when they collapsed - defeated, we came with open arms - - -
What is 'Integrity'? What is the nature of Forme, or Form by Nature? Is there an innate sense of structure, both aesthetic and philosophical to all things? How does one remain true to forme? And Function?
-towards First Principles.
-towards First Principles.
In the Arabesques, the monument in miniature, I hear the screaming echelons of the souls walked this way before, beckoning me, bludgeoning me, "Nothing Gold can Stay!" --- and even still I reply, indignant, defiant ---quoxitic? "Everything that is gold glimmers, never tarnishes --- Gold is the only thing that can stay!" - and that will be my drumbeat until this veil shall fold over my face ---
~~~We go to the vine to gather the grapes, we go to the field to thresh the wheat, we go to the well to quench our thirst - --- what are the Vessels that which we fill? What are their import. The Structure. Is it transparent? Obscured? Obfuscated? Occluded?
What is an Object? What do objects share? What do we share? - - -
"But when I fell in Love with Black, it contained all color. It wasn't a negation of Color. It was an acceptance. Because Black encompasses all colors.
Black is the most Aristocratic Color of all...You can be quiet and it contains the whole Thing."
Louise Nevelson
-1899-1988-
Black is the most Aristocratic Color of all...You can be quiet and it contains the whole Thing."
Louise Nevelson
-1899-1988-
And then we Thought - - - Is it in all things? Can it be weighed and measured, effortlessly like caloric? Is it infinite? An endless sea in an endless season of endless expanses? Can it be dealt off in increments? Does it produce a fume, a vapor? A pressure, a coefficient of contraction and expansion?
Skeleton.
Aura.
Innate.
Bones.
Sinew.
Stolidity.
Repose.
Imbued.
Desired.
Architecture.
Predisposition.
Repose.
Askant.
Askew.
Set Right,
and Come About -
Skeleton.
Aura.
Innate.
Bones.
Sinew.
Stolidity.
Repose.
Imbued.
Desired.
Architecture.
Predisposition.
Repose.
Askant.
Askew.
Set Right,
and Come About -
What Does "Integrity" Mean to you? Please Comment. :)