“If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness.” IfsLightNightSoundBlackWaterSimpleSilenceDarknessBearsProfessionMysteriousSunshineDestinationDislikePrescriptionsHurryingChasmsDarkness To LightYawningCreviceSound Of Water Book:The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic Source: The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic
“There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide.” KnowsDoeForceWaterNatureEnvironmentOceanEnvironmentalMysteriousTidesAbyssDrop Of Water Book:The Sea Around Us Source: The Sea Around Us
“A poem makes clear without making simple. Poetry's language carries what lives outside language. It's as if you were given a 5-gallon bucket with 10 gallons of water in it. Mysterious thirsts are answered. That alchemical bucket carries secrets also, even the ones we keep from ourselves.” IfsLanguageGivenWaterSimpleSecretClearMysteriousCarrieThirstBucketsGallons Author:Jane Hirshfield
“In neidan, the Mysterious Pass represents the time and place in which an alchemist joins the complimentary antinomies on which he or she works, such as inner nature and vital force (xing and ming), Dragon and Tiger (longhu), lead and mercury, Fire and Water, heart and kidneys, or kăn 坎 (Yang within Yin) and lí 離 (Yin within Yang).” HeartForceWaterFireMysteriousDragonsTigersAlchemistMercuryKidneysYang Author:Monica Esposito