Quote: Animal Sutras, Stephen Levine

Animal Sutras : Animal Spirit Stories

Stephen Levine

Monkfish Book Publishing Company, Rhinebeck, New York, 2019. 154 pages.

IF YOU ARE STILL A BUDDHIST Or not a buddhist,

If you are still a jew or not a jew,

If you are still a hippie or not a hippie,

If you are still a catholic or not a catholic,

If you are still a revolutionary or not a revolutionary,

If you are still wise or not wise,

If you are still smart or not smart,

Then how will we ever get out of the box, one box or another, balancing on the middle way

If you still love god/allah/ahura mazda or don't,
If you still think you know or don't,
If you think your farts still sound like heraldic trumpets or don't,
If you used to love, but now you don't,
If you never loved and now love's about all you are good for,
If you still think in terms of perfection rather than liberation,
.... quicksand

- page 149

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