Good morning!
Even when the spring sphere is here and flowers are blooming, there may be
no or fewer fruits, due to the plants themselves, pollinating plants, or agents.
The summer sphere offers more chances for forest fires or finger fires. The Buddha
said that the world is on fire – eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body are on fire.
We must see when, where, and how the global fire, hell fire, etc. are starting and
ceasing – inside, outside, both or neither.
3/15/13
Note: Finger fire is burning fingernails in place of a candle. Related expressions are
skin flint, shave a whetstone, pinch a penny, squeeze blood out of a stone, etc.
Friendly fire is to burn friends in place of foes. Figure fire is burning oneself in place
of others in protest or prognosis. All these and other human fires with or without
consciousnesses and consequences burn the world as the Buddha mentioned.
