The young intrepid disciple
asked his master a tricky question,
about the profound nature of wisdom.
He said, “How can I find wisdom,
and how can I be wise?”
The master looked at the student
with a warm and generous grin
and gave an answer from
the head and the heart within.
“You are young,”
the master quietly said.
“And many would think that
wisdom is, for you, years away.”
“Well, I don’t agree!”
said the discipline impatiently,
“Wisdom should be mine as well.”
“But I believe,”
the master continued with a smile,
“That wisdom is not about
young or old or any
other great category
of the human world.
It is about seeing into
the emptiness and bringing
there your fill.”
“Is that all? I just don’t get
what you mean,”
said the young disciple,
disappointed and expecting
some profound formula
or great insightful truth
into the marvellous
mysteries of life.
“I can’t see what you mean!”
he repeated earnestly,
with great disappointment.
“Ah, there, there it is!”
replied the master,
with smiles that still
confused the mind
of this young and
eager collegian.
“There it is!”
the master repeated
once again,
with a genuine
thrill in his voice.
“There is what?”
the young disciple said,
more befuddled and
troubled than ever.
“You said you could not see
and there in lies the truth,”
the master said,
“For you looked but
did not see the emptiness,
and therefore you
did not know
how you should fill.
See the empty state of things
and know what then
you can bring
from your enlightenment.
There in lies
Wisdom’s eyes.”
The disciple was puzzled
and discombobulated
for a time, but then
he smiled and looked sublime.
“I get it!”
he said in raptures bold,
“I need to see
the empty hole, and
then once seeing
I can bring my whole.”
24/10/2016