The Poor Sod

Without distance —
What is suffering

Perceiver — perceiving perceived
Not-suffering
Knowing suffering

Perceiver perceiving perceived
Suffering
Not-knowing suffering

The Tao — The Poor Sod —

As aloneness
Suffering, not-knowing suffering

As awareness
Not-suffering, knowing suffering

As infinitude
Confined, not-knowing suffering

As form
Liberated, knowing suffering

Unnamed
Walked, spoken — not-knowing
Suffering

Named
Walking, speaking — knowing
Suffering