by admin » Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:56 am
COMMENTARY ON "THE ALDEN (AND THOMAS FREDERICK)"
I hand you my power:
When I gave you an inch, that symbolized a mile;
I am glad you accept me and my mileage,
If I grow you grow:
If my kingdom grows, you will be hassled by it;
You will be forced to grow,
Your childishness is the ground where you can take part in the power:
Your innocence and willingness are the only working basis
we have;
Therefore, I hope you will be corrupted and cynical,
which is good,
Your inquisitiveness is magnificent:
You have not been embarrassed by a wooden nickel,
But you are so inquisitive about how I manage my world;
I am proud that I can push you into the world of elegance,
There is need for a further growing tie with heaven and earth:
Your smelly socks are due to having dandruff in your hair;
Please don't regard this as problematic:
We should have head and feet together.
I have given you the space:
Since there is no choice--
Space is not mine but yours too;
But in my case, I pretended that I owned it,
And gave it to you as my hearty gift.
The very blue sky:
In the world of dharmadhatu everything is blue;
You I felt as the inheritor of our lineages.
The clouds and the suns and the moons are yours:
The organization of clouds, suns of your insight and
moons of challenge:
To work among these three;
However, this is not passing the buck;
I regard this as passing the family heirloom--
If I may say so, you should be proud of it.
But you are confused:
Too many gifts and complimentary remarks
cross-eyed owl, or frog, for that matter;
But don't take it too seriously--
The confusion is powerfully yours.
You like more toys:
Tinkle tinkle toy world is glorious but hard-core
toy world is depressing--
They are all made out of plastic anyway;
Don't you think there's something unpleasant about that?
Should they be made of gold, or plastic?
Should they be?
Even though they may be made out of gold, it is plastic--
You have better taste than that, Osel.
Should they come from New Jersey , or from the collections of the British court?
I would prefer they come from the British court,
But then you should be involved in a different court;
Maybe New Jersey is too familiar to you;
Don't be so crazy about cosmopolitanness--
They have their own rotten history.
Could you use your responsibility as a golden joke, or a vajra scepter?
This is a one-sided question: obviously the vajra scepter;
The golden joke of the other cosmopolitan trips is pretty funky,
I hope you know that.
It is very heavy:
It is demanding;
It does not provide you with a smile, but you have to provide it
with your own smile--
But do we know what "it" is?
But I think you can hold it:
Don't have domestic orgasm but but but hold it--
Let us have cosmic orgasm with a giant splash:
Don't you think that's a good idea with a vajra scepter in your
hand?
Canoeing is not for you:
You should swim, you should do equitation, you should do archery;
But diving together with hippy-dippy canoeing-trippy
is outdated for you,
Don't you think so?
Maybe parachuting:
Ah! There's something for you, you could do this:
Parachuting, literally or metaphorically;
I know you like the drop and I know you like the float--
Maybe we could do them together at some point.
Embroidering is not for you:
Little stitches are very much of low vision.
Maybe executing:
You would be a great executor;
You are a great officer in executive committee:
I'm sure that is a good job for you--
You have done it already in any case.
You, my son:
Did you know your father was I?
But in any case, who can transcend the affection beyond sonship
but you?
Take your Swiss Army knife:
Made in Switzerland, all sorts of possibilities:
Goodly made, efficient, well-thought-out, everything you could
think of,
My gift to you,
Which says T.C.S. on the handle as well,
Make a samurai sword out of it:
Be a good swordsman.
20 August 1976
Boulder, Colorado
On the occasion of the empowerment of the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin.
