[Critique Group 2] Leonard's comments on Brad'ssub

[tuchyner5 at aol.com]

This is a  cryptic piece.  
You have given the gift ofunderstanding, 

but in the end she complains thatshe does not understand. 

Would it be less of a mystery if weknew what the gift was about. 

How is it related to understanding? 

How can understanding anything  be stolen or broken. 

I know that one can loseunderstanding that one  used to have. 

Is that the point? 

That one can lose understanding byholding on to an idea 

and lose the ability  to be flexible 

and the understanding. 

All tings change. 

If you can’t change to accommodatethat which is understood  

 

you have turned it into a formula. 

Formulas don’t change  

That is not understanding.  

Is that what yu mean when you sayshe is holding on to her own wheel of fire. 

It has become to hot to hold. 

To understand anything, 


 

you must be free to let go of anyideas you might have had 

and let your mind free to follow it.


 

 

 

Joyfully I shared with her

the gift of understanding.

In the passage of time,

she began to fret and worry,

fearing breakage, theft and loss.

She came an asked me.

"What is this burden you havebound me too?"

 

"You have bound yourself.

You are grasping your own wheel offire,

you have only to loosen your hold

to be free of the pain." 

 

"I don't understand!" 

 

"Then either the gift hasfailed you or

you have failed the gift. 

Which, in the evolution of wisdom istruly more dire? 

Better perhaps had you cast it awayor

Passed it on to one struggling witha tortured mind. 

The gift was aligned and freelygiven.

But you have twisted it,

into the instrument of your ownobsession

ultimately, obscuring allunderstanding!" 

 

 

Word count 137

 

Joyfully I shared with her

the gift of understanding.

In the passage of time,

she began to fret and worry,

fearing breakage, theft and loss.

She came an asked me.

"What is this burden you havebound me too?"

 

"You have bound yourself.

You are grasping your own wheel offire,

you have only to loosen your hold

to be free of the pain." 

 

"I don't understand!" 

 

"Then either the gift hasfailed you or

you have failed the gift. 

Which, in the evolution of wisdom istruly more dire? 

Better perhaps had you cast it awayor

Passed it on to one struggling witha tortured mind. 

The gift was aligned and freelygiven.

But you have twisted it,

into the instrument of your ownobsession

ultimately, obscuring allunderstanding!" 

 

 

 

This is a  cryptic piece.  

You have given the gift ofunderstanding, 

but in the end she complains thatshe does not understand. 

Would it be less of a mystery if weknew what the gift was about. 

How is it related to understanding? 

How can understanding anything  be stolen or broken. 

I know that one can loseunderstanding that one  used to have. 

Is that the point? 

That one can lose understanding byholding on to an idea 

and lose the ability  to be flexible 

and the understanding. 

All tings change. 

If you can’t change to accommodatethat which is understood  

 

you have turned it into a formula. 

Formulas don’t change  

That is not understanding.  

Is that what yu mean when you sayshe is holding on to her own wheel of fire. 

It has become to hot to hold. 

To understand anything, 


 

you must be free to let go of anyideas you might have had 

and let your mind free to follow it.


 

 

 

Joyfully I shared with her

the gift of understanding.

In the passage of time,

she began to fret and worry,

fearing breakage, theft and loss.

She came an asked me.

"What is this burden you havebound me too?"

 

"You have bound yourself.

You are grasping your own wheel offire,

you have only to loosen your hold

to be free of the pain." 

 

"I don't understand!" 

 

"Then either the gift hasfailed you or

you have failed the gift. 

Which, in the evolution of wisdom istruly more dire? 

Better perhaps had you cast it awayor

Passed it on to one struggling witha tortured mind. 

The gift was aligned and freelygiven.

But you have twisted it,

into the instrument of your ownobsession

ultimately, obscuring allunderstanding!" 

 

 

Word count 137

 

Joyfully I shared with her

the gift of understanding.

In the passage of time,

she began to fret and worry,

fearing breakage, theft and loss.

She came an asked me.

"What is this burden you havebound me too?"

 

"You have bound yourself.

You are grasping your own wheel offire,

you have only to loosen your hold

to be free of the pain." 

 

"I don't understand!" 

 

"Then either the gift hasfailed you or

you have failed the gift. 

Which, in the evolution of wisdom istruly more dire? 

Better perhaps had you cast it awayor

Passed it on to one struggling witha tortured mind. 

The gift was aligned and freelygiven.

But you have twisted it,

into the instrument of your ownobsession

ultimately, obscuring allunderstanding!" 

 
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