The Material Form of Emotion: A Song; or,

An Ode to Feeling Rūpa

 
One's nature is the sum of emotion and expression –

poetry singing, chanting or praising verses

resembles a young heir, an idol of excellence or morbid obesity.

Yáng (陽) – essential parts and principles of the natural world –

are the sum of the Moon (and other natural satellites),

moonlight, family crests, decks of Tarot, months,

mistresses, menstrual cycles, the names of women,

low-end prostitutes, the crude, the unrefined, the hickish,

clarity, assistance and the names of men.

Unity is – first and foremost –

the beginning, the best and like the bottom string of a shamisen

(三味線: a form of three-stringed instrument).

Certain forms, conditions, designs and patterns

(those that are humble and polite)

and fate (and one’s faults) are like a ‘friend with benefits’ …

profitable benefit is clear and obvious.

The nature of one’s character, sex and gender

mixes, reconciles, pacifies, echoes and warms

emotion, love, friendship, reputation and circumstances

(that is clear and obvious).

Sexual intercourse echoing erotica: a hymn resembling Ἥλιος and Σελήνη

(Hḗlios and Selḗnē: the Sun God and the Moon Goddess) …

the same as ‘getting along’ and ‘being congenial’

overflowing with revelation, commendation and praise.

Rūpa – whether considered ‘appearance’, ‘beauty’, ‘character’, ‘the situation’ or ‘drama’ –

is like Shījīng (詩經: an ancient collection of poetry

said to have been compiled by a wise being that continues to be used in learned discourse).

Singing, chanting or praising is like highest or greatest

(perhaps, too, the most excessive)

positivity.

‘Peaceful’, ‘harmonious’, ‘gentle’ and ‘kind’

is intelligent, sensible, informed and wise –

revealing, disclosing, illuminating and raising one’s voice is the same …

the manner, style, way and fashion ‘assisting, helping, evaluating and reciprocating’

(like a person who guides or leads a blind person)

is good and produces overflowing beauty, brilliance and manifestation.