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What are your genuine thoughts on this Autobiographical Poem?
zenmyste
Veteran
One day,
A boy was born
He was given a mask
And was believed it had to be worn
The mask was his name
And his whole life was marked out and already put into frame
He was given a role he had to play
From his birth, till his very last day
Until one afternoon he broke a rule on how he 'should' behave..
And thats when he awakened to truth;
That each one of us are nothing more, but a living slave!
A boy was born
He was given a mask
And was believed it had to be worn
The mask was his name
And his whole life was marked out and already put into frame
He was given a role he had to play
From his birth, till his very last day
Until one afternoon he broke a rule on how he 'should' behave..
And thats when he awakened to truth;
That each one of us are nothing more, but a living slave!
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Comments
Its just a poem I came across browsing and I 'personally' thought it had a buddhist-ish theme to it!
Important thing to understand.
Then one can choose which mask to wear.
Or take it off entirely... Maybe that's an anatta experience, or emptiness of self...
But that's just my pedantic love of literature coming through.
However I understand what appeals.
Here is a better even in translation poem from Issa
露の世は露の世ながらさりながら
tsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara
This world of dew
is just a world of dew,
and yet...
What a harsh thing too say and to be honest alittle prick-ish..
im sorry but your all full of it s*** !
Sorry but its true!
This poem isnt even mine but just because you 'assume' it wasnt written by a 'famous' zen 'master' you think its dreadful!
The haiku that you have posted isnt even that great also if im honest, i dont care who wrote it!
You only think its good because you are giving 'respect' to the old zen masters! But what about respect to each other!!
ill be honest, the more and more i come on here im hating it and the way you all are towards each other is upsetting!
Most people i interact with on here are some of the most harsh, un-compassionate people ive come across! EVER!
(And its supposr to be a 'buddhist' site)
One of, if not THE most compassionate religion in the world!
You would prefer we did NOT give our 'genuine' thoughts? I gave honest, genuine feedback.
Which is what you asked for.
Would you prefer I gave you anything less than my honest opinion?
Why are you getting so angry?
Compassion doesn't have to be gentle. Sometimes, it has nothing to do with compassion.
You asked for feedback, and you received it.
If this is not the kind of feedback you were looking for, perhaps you might consider that you should have been more precise in the feedback you sought.
Don't blast people off for being truthful.
Sorry for the misunderstanding
You wanted your ego stroked?
Sometimes we get more, sometimes less than we ask for.
Sorry to upset you. Sorry my poem was not to your taste.
Ah well, time to move on and learn from the experience?
I'm a haiku nut--most people don't realise all the lovely intricacies of haiku--these short poems have a great deal of special rules about them in order to make a haiku a haiku (and not that silly 5-7-5 stuff from kindergarten).
My reaction was more based on a multiple of things i have seen on here (in other threads)
I am one of the people who had 'noticed' that others were using the 'lol' button with the intent of 'laughing' at what someone has said etc..
(And then even one of the admins had put a thread about it asking for it to stop)
So its not just me noticing these things!
Anyway , sorry for my abrupt reaction!
I used to edit a poetry magazine so my standards may be overly critical.
The important thing to acknowledge is you found value in the poem. It had import and meaning for you. Your valuing is not you and you are not this poem.
I may not like the blue shoes you wear, that does not reflect on my opinion of you.
We are all over attached to our bodies, postings, personal history etc. We can not leave these but we can certainly lessen our attachment to them . . . :wave: