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Twenty five Chinese poems - Winter - A Winter's Night
Identifier
012705
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
A WINTER'S NIGHT
The road of human life is far more steep
Than any mountain road ;
The poor man frets beneath a long
oppression,
Yet the rich man supports a heavier load;
For where is any trouble half so deep
As much possession ?
It seemed as I was reading here to-night
The sage's book, now closed and put in
place,
That each word threw a halo of soft light
Up to my bended face.
The world is quiet. Only the falling snow
Flutters against the window, soft and shy,
And on the paper shadows come and go,
Moon-shadows of a rough and cloudy sky.
The pine tree close at hand,
Rocked by the North, begins to sob
and moan.
Who is there now that could not under-
stand
How men by everything they call their
own
Do but weigh down the common weight
of care
That rich or poor must bear I
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 opportunities
Reducing threats
Relaxation