"People have sought knowledge and to be wise
Climbing hills for better meditation
Say people are bits in a bowl of rice
Or like drops of water in an ocean
The world's full of worries, so don't add yours
Your own troubles are enough for yourself
Noone cares what happens behind closed doors
Noone else needs to think deeply and dwelve
Do not seek eternal enlightenment
Just let it all loose and let it all free
Do not pick at it; do not argument
Leave questions unanswered as they should be
When your head starts to float, you feel lighter
Then you'ld have reached the stage of Duh-vana."
- Albert Ng, April 2002.
Once upon a time, my friend wrote this sonnet as a light-hearted tribute to my own quest for enlightenment. Re-visiting it almost a decade later, it bears more significance than it ever did!
Welcome to my new journey towards Duh-vana.