Flower and Song
For the ancients of Mexico, the height of their
Lifeway was expressed in the philosophy called
“Flower-And-Song.”
By “Flower” they meant the ability to perceive
that everything is perfect as a flower, yet passing
before our eyes. This boils down to grasping the
emotional reality that everything I know and love
is both perfect as it is and already dying. To be
a warrior meant the ability to hold these two
profound emotions in the heart-mind at the same
time.
By “Song” they meant that the only types of
self-expression that really matter are those that
give expression to the subjective experience of
the “Flower.”
It’s so nice to see a modern-day practitioner of
the ancient art of Flower And Song!!
(Offered by William Horden, author of
The Toltec I Ching)