Jerusalem Artichoke
"Sir," he said, "I plan on coming back often to listen to your teachings?" "For what purpose?" asked the Sage. The man replied, "I see you've found the truth, and I believe you can teach me what you found." "No," replied the Sage, "I can't teach anyone what I've found, but I can teach them how to find it themselves."
*Brian K. Wilcox. "Meetings with an Anonymous Sage."
Somebody showed it to me
and I found it by myself.
*Lew Welch. In David Schiller. The Little Book of Zen.
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If I try to teach someone the truth, it is not true for them. It is true for them, if they discover it themself. No one can see for anyone else.
Truth teaches the truth, even as a raindrop teaches you what a raindrop is by a raindrop falling on you. In that encounter, you know. Only through intimacy do we know; only through meeting are we known. In meeting, we are known and know.
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2023. Permission given to use photographs and writings with credit given to copyright owner.
*Brian's book is An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. The book is a collection of poems Brian wrote based on wisdom traditions, predominantly Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, with extensive notes on the poetry's teachings and imagery.
