{ Thursday, August 13, 2009 }
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
The endless cycle of idea and action,
Endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of silence;
Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word.
All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance,
All our ignorance brings us nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to GOD.
Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
The cycles of Heaven in twenty centuries
Bring us farther from GOD and nearer to the Dust.
Endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of silence;
Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word.
All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance,
All our ignorance brings us nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to GOD.
Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
The cycles of Heaven in twenty centuries
Bring us farther from GOD and nearer to the Dust.
-- T.S. Eliot, "The Rock"
LINK | 9:51 AM | TB
Since then - 'tis Centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity -
E.D., 1863
v. thorne | August 13, 2009 9:34 PMSounds more like Advaita!
Cheers
This is great. As i move through life at 100 mph I sometimes forget that although I'm moving fast i may not get to where i ultimately want to go.
Thanks
Michae Lewis | August 28, 2009 10:21 AM{ Post a comment }
Beautiful.
DNA2907 | August 13, 2009 2:58 PM