Thursday, December 15, 2016

Wean Yourself - Destétate - 319


Wean Yourself

Little by little, wean yourself.
This is the gist of what I have to say.

From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in blood,
move to an infant drinking milk,
to a child on solid food,
to a searcher after wisdom,
to a hunter of more invisible game.

Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo.
You might say, The world outside is vast and intricate.
There are wheatfields and mountain passes and orchards in bloom.

At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding.

You ask the embryo why he or she stays cooped up in the dark
with its eyes closed.

Listen to the answer.

There is no "other world."
I only know what I have experienced.
You must be hallucinating.
Destétate

Destétate poco a poco.
Este es el quid de lo que quiero decir.

De ser un embrión cuyo alimento viene de la sangre,
pasas a ser un infante que bebe leche, un niño que come alimentos sólidos,
un buscador de sabiduría,
un cazador de lo invisible.  

Imagina una conversación con el embrión.
Le dices: el mundo afuera es enorme e intrincado.
Hay campos de trigo, desfiladeros y montañas y huertos en flor.

De noche se ven millones de galaxias y a la luz del sol la belleza de los amigos bailando en una boda.

Le preguntas al embrión porque el o ella se queda encerrado en la obscuridad con los ojos cerrados.

Escucha la respuesta.

No hay “otro mundo”.
Solo conozco lo que he experimentado. Has de estar alucinando.
Commentary:  What is your milk?  What does life being OK depend on now?  
What would solid food be? How to move from being a searcher for wisdom to a realizer of being?
Comentario: ¿Qué es tu leche? ¿De qué depende que tu vida este bien ahora? ¿Cómo será la comida sólida? ¿Cómo te transformas de un buscador de sabiduría a un ser consciente?




















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