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Work Done, Turn off the Light
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Monday, August 10, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A man of wisdom once sagely said,
“Fishing-stakes are used to catch fish,
But when the fish are gotten to the brim,
Immediately men forget the stakes.
Snares are employed to catch game,
But when the game is gotten in many,
The snares are quickly forgotten. Yes,
Words are employed to convey ideas,
But when the ideas are apprehended,
Men forget then the words as useless.”
Fain would I talk with such a man
Who has for certain forgotten all words.
Nevertheless, he who in any case
Knows that it is so, without knowing
Why it is so, is a blessed man or
Simply a narrow-minded, or both.
 

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Reviewed on August 10, 2015
Further to the comments mentioned below, I would recommend to read ‘the blessed’ and ‘the narrow-minded’ as ‘the shallow and deep’ or ‘the horizontal and vertical’ or so, respectively; to avoid one-sidedness, there is the third option of putting both together, which is the only correct decision on the way to the wholeness. As for the ‘wordless man,’ again, there are two levels of communication: one is at that of heart (true), another is at the level of mouth (false); the heart-to-heart contact is the most flawless. ‘To know that it is so’ represents the effect while ‘why it is so’ is charged with cause of the cause-effect relationship. . . in a word, any one-sided approach is a sign of wrong decision ever made. Cheers, alex

Reviewed on August 10, 2015
He, who has forgotten all the words, does not know he knew the words; thus is blessed with simplicity. I cannot underdtand your comment on the "narrow-mindedness", perhaps I'm missing something.

Sandie



Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 10, 2015
I sense a riddle here. And a bit of wisdom.

Ron


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