[melanie]

Originally Posted by Mikal

Melanie...thanks..looks very much like the real thing that day.
Did you know its a proven fact that Butterflys are deaf...thats why they are so beautiful and shine from beauty...they cannot hear anything anyone would say that would conflict with the mystery of their butterfly life...peace

Mikal, No i didn't know that, how wonderful,
maybe that's what inspired the writer of this beautiful poem.


No-Mind

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind;

The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind.

The flower opens, the butterfly comes;

The butterfly comes, the flower opens.


I don't know others,
Others don't know me.

By not-knowing we follow nature's course.

Zen Poetry by Zen Master Ryokan