The Taoist in me realizes the beauty and the ugly in all things, even more so when it comes to life and that if death. Mowing the yard 3 days ago, I ran into a squirrel dead in the yard as I picked up pine cones.
I looked at it wondering if a cat left it as a gift or if it does failing out of the tree. I thought poor guy either way, then proceeded to move him out of the grass so the natural order of nature could take place and I could mow the lawn.
Still I have thought of that little squirrel for the days now, still curious as to what really happened to it. I am not like most Taoists, I am a serpent sage, an analytical and philosophical serpent. I look at it as one day I will be the creature on the ground being eaten, as is the natural order of things. Will a creature, think about what happened to me, was my life happy, sad, lonely, are fulfilling. It is not the fact of the death that intrigues me, it is the idea of what the creature was when it was alive.
As a sage I generally live life in solitude, but in that solitude I am not alone. I have few friends that would come help if I truly called upon them as I do for them, however; I just don't wish to trouble them with things I need to do. In solitude I have time to think deeply, get lost in my own mind, and so on. I don't really keep up with time, expert what days I need to go to work on. Since it is pretty regimented, it is easy to ignore time.
A river wave is not in one place, and norther is time, time is like a flowing river. Why bother worrying about it, since it is going to flow with our without your constant paranoia about it. This year started the year white formed in my beard, when it grows, and my hair. I am fine with that though as it is the natural order.
I used to try to cheat time, then control time, as i grew, I realized I should harmonize with time. Allow it to have it's way with me, and be happy it still has use of me. What becomes of the squirrel that died, it is not like it's energy ever truly disappears, but it morons and flows in a different form. Was the energy in the squirrel form used to benefit another creature, will mine be considered beneficial to another creature.
The only thing I know is that squeaky squirrel is moved to it's new form. I love watching squirrels so squeaky will be missed by me, but I am not sad, as the balance and order of things is also prescious to the everything.
