"This mind of mine, a wild and rampant elephant,
I'll tether to that sturdy post: reflection on the Teaching.
And I shall narrowly stand guard
That it might never slip its bonds and flee."

--The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva

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    Tuesday, December 02, 2008
     
    The bone above the right tusk has a chronic infection. The loss of structural integrity is witnessed as a blackness that surrounds the infected roots. The mighty crown offered no defense. The two root canals offered only brief respite. Sometimes its like that. The blackness wants what it wants. If I pull the tooth out the hole it will leave will be un-fillable. If I leave it in and pursue a surgical approach the contagion may spread. The darkness has already spread to my mind though. It envelopes my every waking thought.