Taken from a Zen koan. It speaks to the real purpose of life.
lyrics
The perfect way is without difficulty
Save that it avoids picking and choosing
Only when you stop liking and disliking
Will all be clearly understood
Then heaven and earth will split apart
If you want to get to the truth be not
Concerned with right and wrong
This is the conflict
Between right and wrong is the sickness of the mind
One day I wiped out all the thoughts and notions from my mind
I gave up all forms of desire which I had known
I spoke but my words had lost all meaning
No longer was there need for assumptions
No longer was my reality conformed to any idea
My cup had become empty
credits
from Empty Cup / In The Engine Room,
released April 15, 2018
John Christian - electric guitar, bass, vocals, arrangement, production
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