{"id":1997,"date":"2017-09-12T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindbase.co.uk\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2017-09-12T03:36:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T02:36:46","slug":"1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbase.co.uk\/?p=1997","title":{"rendered":"Eternity’s Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a while earlier this year the fencing around the fire-damaged buildings on Cathedral Green necessitated people to walk over this quote from William Blake, engraved into the paving. I hope they noticed it; it made a difference to me to see this regular reminder of his wisdom.
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\nHis first two lines also always came to mind (in this gender-neutral form), the whole verse a succinct and poetic teaching on attachment and letting go:
\nOne who binds to themself a joy
\nDoes the wing\u00e9d life destroy.
\nBut one who kisses the joy as it flies
\nLives in eternity’s sunrise. <\/em><\/p>\n

And this would lead me to contemplating another verse of Blake’s:
\nWe are made for joy and woe,
\nAnd when this we rightly know,
\nThrough the world we safely go.
\nJoy and woe are woven fine,
\nA clothing for the soul divine.<\/em><\/p>\n

That ‘rightly’ understanding our human nature in this way leads to a deep sense of safety or security seems to me another sublime practice in itself … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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