Gray? Middle Path?

KungaTashi

So I was listening to the song below and started thinking about it. Would you consider the "gray" the lyricist talks about as being meshed together as one? As in the same idea the Buddha taught that we are all interconnected? Even though there are overtones of the meaning possibly being about race, I took it as we are all human and should rid ourselves of our egos. And once we do this there will be this sense of "gray" or middle ground where we are all equal regardless of anything else. Read on and give your thoughts.


"The Beauty Of Gray"
by LIVE

If I told you he was your brother
We could reminisce
Then you would go about your day
If I said you ought to give him some of your water
You'd shake your canteen and walk away

The perception that divides you from him
Is a lie
For some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side

This is not a black and white world
To be alive
I say that the colours must swirl
And I believe
That maybe today
We will all get to appreciate

The Beauty of Grey

If I told you she was your mother
We could analyze the situation and be gone
If I said you ought to give her
Some of your water
Your eyes would light up like the dawn
The perception that divides you from her
Is a lie
For some reason we never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can't afford to believe in your side

This is not a black and white world
To be alive
I say the colors must swirl
And I believe
That maybe today
We will all get to appreciate

The beauty of gray

Look into your eyes
No daylight
New day now

not1not2

Sounds like the guy from Live is coming up with some genuine insight! Very inspiring! I think this mainly points to the illusory nature of mental perceptions & dhammas. That dividing line you draw is not fundamentally real. All dhammas are simply the mind drawing lines and there is no Real substance to them. So, seeing the world in black & white terms is a false position. And we can see what this falsehood leads to when we look at all the violence & hatred in the world.

Thanks for posting this, LFA.

_/\_

Palzang

Nice.

Palzang

inthedharma

yes, very nice