Hay-Ku of the Day (The Spider of Self-Ignorance and Doubt)

Old:

Caught-up in details,

A web of my own weaving,

Lunch for the spider.

New:

"What a tangled web

We weave..." when we fall prey to

Egocentric thought.

"What a tangled web

We weave..." when we fall prey to

Endless mental doubt.

"What a tangled web

We weave..." when we fall prey to

The half-truths of mind.

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"What a tangled web

We weave..." when we fall prey to

"The Story of Me."

"What a tangled web

We weave..." when we fall prey to

The "Me that says My."

"What a tangled web

We weave when we fall prey to

"Separate self-sense."

A Related Story:

"The Weaver"

"There is a busy spider weaving webs,

Hanging my understanding with

Impenetrable mysteries—

Intricately woven.

Threatening all men, is

This busy weaver in its labor

Befogging man's reassuring.

There is a busy spider which threads the day,

Trailing its silver from wisdom to wisdom,

Enwrapping one with the other—

Until Wisdom is lost!

Oh, there is a busy spider—

Called Doubt!"

--  Patience Worth

[Rich Note: The "real answer" to untangling and navigating the "mental spider's web of doubt" in this world is to look within, to one's own Heart, where the "entire web" is reflected; and that in the very same way each particular dew drop on the shared "bejeweled spider web" image reflects the whole web.]