Short Story: The Zen master's death, matched the silence of the monastery's cat

Thanks. Yes, I agree with you there. It is said that a fool is known by his much speaking; a wise man says very little at all. I read an interesting verse in the Christian Bible today, when I was persuing some of it. Seeing sounds: "All the people saw the sounds…they saw and trembled." (Exodus, chapter 20, verse 18) What are these sounds that we can see, I thought to myself? Sound carries light with it, as does all things too. Love also has both light and sound to it too. What is sound, but the light of truth being heard, and what is love, but God sounding out his truth in us? We should listen to the voice of love, and let it guide us in our life.

@innertalks We should do that be nice if we actually started doing that well said, brother. Not religious but does not mean I cannot agree with wise words.

@crossbones27 Thanks. I like reading religious works, and trying to find my own meanings in it.

Yes, I think that we are often bonded, in these connective ways, better to our animal friends, than to other humans, sometimes too.

@innertalks that is true our animal friends are more honest often

Ha, ha, yes, thanks. The cat was the wisest student in the monastery.

Very well explained, siva. I agree with what you said, and also what you said before about trees too. We will never find Zen moments, while we are trying to grab onto them, and to value them with our minds, trying to collect them as fodder to put into a book, or onto Facebook, to try to get some applause for us, for us finding that Zen moment.

@innertalks I used to see on Facebook many having a ball of a time all the time highlighting their partying, holidaying etc. Though I have traveled a fair bit, even my wife used to say it was nothing that some do all the time just living it up! At the end of the day, I believe these are just escapism and there are many who are better placed with roots firmly planted in reality who may well be "the voiceless or the deliberately silenced or the unheard". We should know who really make sense and oil our journey in a meaningful way. I had a good friend who had always only one thing going in his mind all the time. "which is the best investment giving maximum returns". I would reply going after maximum returns carry maximum risks too. And not only he, but also his eighty plus year old father would pore over property pages looking for investment opportunities all the time. They were well off and I used to think their over indulgence in making money could well lead to their own dependents spending it all later right before their eyes. Life comes with a complete package and all that glitters is not gold; soon the reality will start to bite - siva

@Shiva49 lt seems like you liked that quote, siva. Some make it a competition of who has gone to the most countries. Each to their own though. Maybe gold glitters differently for different people, but when it does so, it is usually just fool's gold.

Yes, l liked that Simon and Garfunkel classic. It's been redone by a few different people since, but none bettered their original version.

@innertalks You're right. I like their original version.