(This came to me after meeting the glance of a young Chinese woman in a Chinese restaurant at lunchtime in Oakland Chinatown. The transfer of energy between us was sufficient that I could tell she was someone special. I was thinking about Chinese civilization that had reduced all of philosophy to the I Ching, the book cherished by Confucius. Yet without the cultivation of ki, living spirit, even the I Ching becomes a meaningless set of symbols. It is mind that lends symbols their meaning. Thus all of the tools of civilization are only useful when wielded by the mind. Even the highest of religions and philosophies become meaningless when the spirit is neglected or injured.)
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The Spirit of Ki
The greatest science means nothing without
The living spirit running through it.
The infinitude of data constitutes
A haystack with needles of truth in it.
The reduction of knowledge to simple rhymes
Has a tremendous value,
But like soldiers at war with a mnemonic device,
Without a decoder it is hollow.
The simplification of philosophy
Is very efficient, no question,
But without the human ability to emote,
There is no means for value assessment.
The energy that passes between individuals
Is the projection of living spirit,
Controlling the mind and the intellect,
Itself an organic event.
Conscious awareness and mind are the same,
Each essentially divinity,
Disassociated from the body at death,
Lapses into the universal infinity.
Strength of mind, strength of spirit,
Is the definition of vitality.
In concert with balance it represents health,
The highest value of society.
As spirit passes from one to another,
There occurs nonverbal communication.
This silent level of interaction
Leads the wisest in civilization.
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