{"id":5688,"date":"2018-05-06T20:12:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2018-05-06T20:12:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T19:12:33","slug":"existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/existence\/","title":{"rendered":"Existence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is night.<\/span>
\nRain pelts the roof.<\/span>
\nThe soul awakens<\/span>
\nto a flooded Earth –<\/span>
\na sea of storm\u00a0<\/span>
\nroaring,<\/span>
\nthen passing.<\/span><\/h2>\n

In that short moment,<\/span>
\nshirting lines and shapes,<\/span>
\nfleetingl<\/span>
\nbarely seen.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before the passing moment tilts<\/span>
\nand falls to melancholy,<\/span>
\nlaughter sojnds<\/span>
\nin quiet raindrops.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thich Nhat Hanh<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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