Absolute Whole
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Illusion and Enlightenment are one.
Illusion and Enlightenment are two.
Both dream and firefly fluttering each shun
Full grasp, but floating joined together strew
Satori. Paradox proceeds from mind.
The cherry blossom and the garbage heap
Are unified while separate, non-aligned
And perfect as a unit as twin leap
In meditation. Infant and an old
Man’s corpse are both the same in nature like
The Son and Father both as manifold
And single like the palm of Christ and spike.
Religions everywhere and always speak,
