Pansies (Lawrence)/Ego-Bound
EGO-BOUND
As a plant becomes pot-bound
man becomes ego-bound
enclosed in his own limited mental consciousness.
man becomes ego-bound
enclosed in his own limited mental consciousness.
Then he can't feel any more
or love, or rejoice or even grieve any more,
he is ego-bound,
pot-bound
in the pot of his own conceit,
and he can only slowly die.
or love, or rejoice or even grieve any more,
he is ego-bound,
pot-bound
in the pot of his own conceit,
and he can only slowly die.
Unless he is a sturdy plant.
Then he can burst the pot,
shell off his ego
and get his roots in earth again,
raw earth.
Then he can burst the pot,
shell off his ego
and get his roots in earth again,
raw earth.