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Twenty five Chinese poems - Spring - Cherry flowers
Identifier
012688
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
CHERRY-FLOWERS
Round me the cherry-trees are deathly still,
Full - bloomed and snowy - soft, with
branches bowed,
And where they flower along the distant
hill
Seem as white mist or cloud.
(How sad it is to think that in one hour
All that on earth we know of should
attain
Its plenitude of beauty or of Power
- Only at once to wane !)
A cloud of blossom trembled, broke and
fell,
Stirred only when the soft vibration cast
From out the old hill-temple floated Past
At sounding of the mournful evening-bell.
(How brief a while the cherry petals last !)
The source of the experience
Twenty five Chinese poemsConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Beauty, art and musicCommuning with nature
Reducing desires
Reducing threats
Relaxation