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Fruitless ox at Harvest

To: alt.zen
From: mnelson@calon.com (mnelson)
Subject: Re: Fruitless ox at Harvest
Date: 22 Mar 1995 02:38:05 GMT

HSBLAB General User (No-Email-Access) wrote:
: The Ox plows hard all spring
: When winter comes he is well cared for.

: Yet for all his labours ,
: when harvest comes 
: He is thoughroughly fruitless.
: ahh he thinks to himself :
: "the rain falls on the tilled earth and the ground is wet"

: ==============================
: If anyone can understand this I would like to have some serious dialouge
: with them . So please feel free to reply

The simple mind of an Ox:

No past, no future; no regrets, no plans.
No attachments.
Only ... NOW.

The Ox works hard because it is his nature to pull against a yoke; he does
not think about his "sacrifice" or his "reward", he simply IS an Ox.  He
is the best Ox that he can be without any self-conscious desires.  When it
is time to wallow in the mud in the heat of midday he does not boast of
his accomplishments or worry about the lack of it or question the futility
of it, he just WALLOWS.  At the harvest, he does not ruminate on his
contribution to it and demand his share of the fruits of his labors; he
knows his belly is full and the smell of life all around him gives him the
joy of living. 

Regards:

Mike Nelson, Redwood City, California

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