Another poem for today that I like:

When the inward and the outward are illumined, and all is clear, you are one with the light of the sun and moon. When developed to its ultimate state, this is a round luminosity which nothing can deceive, the subtle body of a unified spirit, pervading the whole universe. Then you have the same function as the sun and moon.

- Liu I-Ming

It seems that as the days pass, I am more and more torn between what it is I should do in this world. I am very interested in politics and such--the workings of the interrelations of the world, but at the same time, I would also like to live a pastoral life, one of peace in the woods on a farm. I don't know exactly what I would like to do, or what I will do, I just know that right now I am torn about it all. Maybe Zen is on to something with the clear mind, etc. My only problem is that I like learning and writing, so it makes it difficult to know exactly what it is I should do. Maybe one day I'll decide what it is I want to do and be when I grow up. Who knows?!