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Riddle of Bowing In every culture, in every place and time, there has always been a religion, and in every one of these religions there has always been the gesture of bowing so fully that the forehead strikes the ground. Why is this? (There is only one right answer to this riddle). —Lew Welch, Ring of Bones (1973), p. 126 Our Ego-I erased, reduced, subtracted (—) when we prostrate. Vertical to horizontal— heaven becomes earth. Standing— our head reach for the stars— Prostrating— we kiss the earth. Denise Levertov's "Oblique Prayers" kneeling in humility. Not walking, pilgrims crawl up to the Portola Palace in humbleness. — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 1-2-2022 |
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