Wolfram Von Eschenbach, a gifted german knight who lived in the 12th century ....
wrote one of the most powerful, beautiful epic poems know to us today .... about the grail. That grail is the last supper symbol that we are familiar with but, really, the symbol and the meaning are distinct. The meaning is so much more.
In his preamble to the epic and famous poem (the grail romance, "Parzival") Wolfram writes that "every act has both good and evil results".
He suggests that the best we can do is lean towards the light (that is, make the intention good). Strangely enough, this is also the heart of Buddhist thinking: pure intent. Pure as in unadulterated, just as when you dip your finger into a sauce you bring to it your germs. With or without fancy brainwaves and blitzes of math and brilliance, those germs have grave consequence. And the brilliance has simply no ability to see that consequence. It sees the pleasure from immediate profit.
Because, such a brilliant mind, like Little Jack Horner .... is enamored only by its brilliance.
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said ‘What a good boy am I |
