Kneeler, St. Mary’s Church, Outhgill, Mallerstang
Keep your heart clear and transparent
And you will never be bound.A single disturbed thought, though,
Creates ten thousand distractions.Let myriad things captivate you
And you’ll go further and further astray.How painful to see people
All wrapped up in themselves.
~Ryokan
I do love Ryokan. Those last lines – “how painful to see people, all wrapped up in themselves”. Wonderful.
Ah, those ‘disturbed thoughts’. How tricky they are.
Ah yes indeed! However I have found it is hard to maintain those ‘disturbed thoughts’ for any length of time.