Pointy ears: Valediction

Sunday, 14 January 2007

Valediction

All around me darkness gathers,
Fading is the sun that shone;
We must speak of other matters:
You can be me when I'm gone

Flowers gathered in the evening,
Afternoon they blossom on;
Still are withered by the evening:
You can be me when I'm gone.

DELIRIUM: What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love to somebody you really liked a long time ago?

MORPHEUS: There isn't one.

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The Way of Walking Alone

・Do not turn your back on the various Ways of this world.

・Do not scheme for physical pleasure.

・Do not intend to rely on anything.

・Consider yourself lightly, consider the world deeply.

・Do not ever think in acquisitive terms.

・Do not regret things about your own personal life.

・Do not envy another's good or evil.

・Do not lament parting on any road whatsoever.

・Do not complain or feel bitterly about yourself or others.

・Have no heart for approaching the path of love.

・Do not have preferences.

・Do not harbour hopes for your own personal life.

・Do not have a liking for delicious food for yourself.

・Do not carry antiques handed down from generation to generation.

・Do not fast so that it affects you physically.

・While it's different with military equipment, do not be fond of material things.

・While on the Way, do not begrudge death.

・Do not be intent on possessing valuables or a fief in old age.

・Respect the gods and the Buddhas, but do not depend on them.

・Though you give up your life, do not give up your honour.

・Never depart from the Way of the martial arts.

Miyamoto Musashi, Second Day of the Fifth Month, Second Year of Shoho [1645]