Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae - Clamator coromandus (Sewah Berjambul Sayab Merah)

A distinctive, long-tailed cuckoo with a peaked black crest like a witch's hat, bright orange throat, rusty wings, a black back, and white nape and belly. Forages and sings high in dense canopy; seldom seen well enough for all these traits to be seen at once. Varied vocalizations are harsh, raspy, or metallic sounding and include high-pitched “veep-veep” notes, a strident “kooree”, and a maniacal rattling cackle.

(eBird)

"Seeing into darkness is clarity ...."

"The myriad things ...."

The myriad things become active

And I thereby watch them return.

Things are teeming and multifarious,

But each returns to its roots.

All under Heaven had a beginning.

It can be taken as the mother of all under Heaven.

Once you have obtained the mother,

you can thereby know the sons.

Once you have know the sons, you can return and hold fast to the mother.

Until the end there will be no harm.

Lao Tzu

'Thirty spokes share ...."

Thirty spokes share one hub;

the empty space makes the cart useful.

Clay is shaped into a vessel;

the empty space makes the vase useful.

Cutting doors and windows makes a room;

the empty spaces make the room useful.

Therefore, what exists gives benefit.

What does not exist makes usefulness.

(extract, Chapter 11)

"At the center of your being ...."

At the center of your being

you have the answer;


you know who you are


and you know what you want.

--> Lao Tzu

"As soon as you have made a thought ...."

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

Lao Tzu