After Enlightenment

[Nungali]

Before enlightenment   :   chop wood and carry water .

 

After enlightenment   :   become master , get students to chop your  wood and carry your  water .

[dwai]

11 hours ago, Nungali said:

After enlightenment

Chop water, carry wood?

[old3bob]

no no,  it's boil water with burning wood

[natural]

15 minutes ago, old3bob said:

no no,  it's boil water with burning wood

 

"burning" or using only the amount of energy required with the task at hand.

[Nungali]

Or to be a daoist  ;  " burning" or using the minimal amount of energy required for task at hand 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Not sure if Daoist  or  just lazy  ?

 

[natural]

1 hour ago, Nungali said:

Or to be a daoist  ;  " burning" or using the minimal amount of energy required for task at hand 

 

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Not sure if Daoist  or  just lazy  ?

 

Maybe both?

Wise person said follow the lazy way

[Nungali]

 

 

 

 

[Cleansox]

Before enlightenment: No sex, no students. 

After enlightenment: ... ... 

[old3bob]

but a before and after are only apparent...although before a seed could grow into wood there had to be water

[Nungali]

and down here .... fire too .

 

'   pyrophile plants  '

 

  Proteaceae  Banksia

 

      ..... 

 

 

 

Say hello to Mr Banksia

 

 

 

nasty little fellahs !

 

        

[old3bob]

those are spooky looking plants ! (and there are also lots of dangerous critters down-under)

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, old3bob said:

those are spooky looking plants ! (and there are also lots of dangerous critters down-under)

 

We got a whole lot of 'spooky'   'mythology'  /  'fairy tales about them and other  native plants in a rather wonderful home grown 'pantheism'  in May Gibbs

 

< a slight diversion >

 

 

Gumnut babies .

 

In spring they get fuzzy  wattle

 

 

 

Sea dragon races

 

 

Bad Banksia men

 

 

 

 

Ooooh !  I gotta look into this one more closely ;

 

 

 

I think, in the above , snake was the nasty one , Mr Goanna helped the Gumnuts ....  Hmmmmmm    ???

 

He seems friendly; ' Mr Lizard tells a story ' ;

 

 

 

 

 

                         

 

a new bud

 

 

 

They got their news and writing from the  Scribbly Gumtree

 

 

 

Australian Scribbly Gum ;

 

 

 

 

 

[Nungali]

I forgot to add , the reason I find this interesting ;

 

 

is that in my 'Greater Area'   a 'base myth' is about battle between giant goanna (lizard) and snake .

 

nearby a  high waterfall bears some scars from the battle , in an area where  two 'regional areas '  (two separate  inland watershed's nearly meet )  / tribes meet  .

 

 

Goanna claw marks down the top part

 

 

a big sweep of the tail .

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirawong