"All water is alive, but by virtue of its very movement it is infused with additional power and strength. Life is motion, vibration and change, just as the water of a rive is constantly changing from second to second. When we meditate on rivers, our conscousness merges with that of the waters; freed from the artificial self-imposed constraints of time and space, we encounter that which cannot be measured. The Sen patriach Hui Neng taught his disciples that the far bank across the ever-flowing river was paramita, awaiting our awareness of its presence"
from John Archer - The Wisdom of Water
"Many freshwater springs well up from the ocean floor, reaching the surface of the sea with a fountain-like dome. People living in the Greek Islands used to row out to swim in their pristine water and take barrels of it home to drink"
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That quote is absolutely beautiful - water has an abundance of qualities that completely surpass hydration... and this is often forgotten, I find.
ReplyDeleteWater is beautiful, water is scary (to me), and it represents a force bigger than I can comprehend.
In 6th grade, I wrote a poem called Like Water which was about how wrinkles on old peoples' hands look like water, and how much that frightened me, because when they had 'water hands', they would get 'washed away'.
I think water is one of those universal metaphors - it can be manipulated in so many ways - and I think the quote you found is a wonderful example of this.