Bookmark for Reading from Los Altos Library

The Letter E: Experience Enlightenment "Escape the ordinary"— a bookmark shows a superhero flying and reading— for elixirs come to those who explore Plato's Epistles, Plotnus' Enneads, Euripides' Electra, Virgil's Ecologues, Emerson's Essays, e.e. cummings' poems, Jan van Eyck's epic Ghent Altarpiece and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony that will elevate our mind to epiphany. Enter to experience the Eternal Now— no time— past, present, future— we're everywhen, no space— here or there— for we're everywhere. To find this enchanted El Dorado spot, embark to the edge & end of the Earth, exit our ego entrenchement and leap to the Empyrean Paradise as Dante did— Ask elm, eucalyptus, evergreen trees for elves to show us an easier exodus. Enjoy Nature— Pearly Everlasting, Evening Primrose and Edelweiss with eagles and snowy egrets soaring. An Egyptian Elder advised carrying eighty-eight cents everyday, money with eagle & E. Pluribus Unum for good luck. Seeing an extra-terrestial, we scream "Eeee!" or shout "Eureka!" like Archimedes whose exciting experiment is worth more than gold. From Eden to Enoch to Ezekiel— esoteric secrets of Gnostic Essenes echoed by En-sof of the Kabbalah. Embrace Emmelia, the Emerald Tablet, Meister Eckhart and Eleusian mysteries to enlarge and exhalt us to euphoria. E is the most popular letter in English related to the Semitic Heh (or window), symbol of Life as window lets in the light. Emulate a sage's effortless endeavors, living in emptiness & everything gets done. The E engraved at Delphi is for Enlightenment.       — Peter Y. Chou           Mountain View, 4-4-2016