Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Another person: a door you can't enter, even by knocking.
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15 comments:

  1. shanaz@RSApril 21, 2010 at 7:06 AM

    Even by shaking and kicking, the person will forever be a mystery eh. Closed even if they say they're open books. I like this, Mart. Keep it up!

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  2. UnknownApril 21, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    Yes, the door always must be opened from the other side...

    Love your new blog! :)

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  3. AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    My favorite and very true, even though we try and try......enjoyed your thoughts

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  4. Being and QuirkinessApril 21, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    Just as you can never go full circle round Substance, so too another person. Probably related there :)

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  5. AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    Reminds me of one of my favorite songs.

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  6. Cat Wisdom 101April 21, 2010 at 11:19 AM

    How about windows then? I have the perfect door photo for this taken yesterday. Should I share?

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  7. Mr_ToadApril 21, 2010 at 1:12 PM

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  8. Lynda LehmannApril 21, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    You've got that right! Sometimes the people we think we know the best are the most resistant!

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  9. C. JoyBell C.April 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM

    Marty- did you know that I don't know what "aphorism" even means?? :D

    Marty- I think that people are open doors that we always enter! :)

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  10. Invisible ManApril 22, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    I like your new blog. And yes another's mind is a formidable fortress opaque to the world. But the words they speak perhaps are windows to their soul?

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  11. J. M. P.April 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM

    That's so true. I think this is why I write: to knock on those doors, maybe to try and open them.
    All the best!

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  12. Thought Bubble TenApril 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    Any idea of 'closed' is an illusion.

    Beyond the apparent i.e that which the physical senses and the conditioned mind perceives, there is a seamless, infinite ground of beingness where no doors exist, 'closed' or 'open'.

    "I kept knocking on god's door and when finally he opened, I found that I was knocking from the inside". Hafiz

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  13. MaydayApril 25, 2010 at 2:11 PM

    It reminds of a Metallica's song lyrics: The Unforgiven II

    "The door is locked now
    but it's open if you're true.
    If you can understand the Me,
    then I can understand the You"

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  14. ShankhaApril 30, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    Maybe... but we should keep knocking! :-)

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  15. LizMay 4, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    Knock, knock,
    Whose there?
    Another person,
    Another person who?
    Can...knock, knock.

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