a true sunrise

Climbing down the rugged and icy trail of Taishan after failing to watch the sunrise, I repeated to myself: "There is nothing particular about the rising sun watched from a mountaintop." It was a reassurance to myself that, if the rising sun is the same one that went down last evening, it could not be 'new' at all, whether it is watched from an East Coast beach or from the top of Taishan.

 

On the other hand, the truly 'new' morning sun should be the one raised up by the force of our wills. To be able to watch it, we should have kept up through the dark night trying to add to it the heat of our minds, in the way we take care of a bonfire.

 

[Shenzi]