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RE: Chop, carry and never repeat
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
You discovered a different interpretation than me @tarazkp. I personally interpreted the paragraph as meaning that behaviors & traits don't change after enlightenment.
Example:
- Before enlightenment, spend time with my family, play with my son, and then stay up into the early morning on the net on websites like Steemit. After enlightenment, spend time with my family, play with my son, and then stay up into the early morning on the net on websites like Steemit.
But I don't think it would be useful to consider my interpretation right, yours wrong or visa versa since words are likely used as symbols, even when people try to speak in literal terms since the interpretation is always dependent on the interpreter, not so much the speaker or writer 👍
This is the common meaning and the most available in my conscious, I just don't like stopping at common thinking :)
If you think that once enlightened, it could recognize that no matter how repetitive something is, every iteration is absolutely unique. Each tree cut down and each block split will never happen identically again and, that bucket of water drawn from the river is filled with water that may never pass and will never pass in that way through the river again. the act of chopping wood and carrying water doesn't change, but the wood and water does.
I actually think nothing changes @tarazkp (nothing is unique).
Appearances change, but I don't necessarily believe in appearances 👍
So you are identical to who you were as a child?
I am not my body, not my mind, not my thoughts, ideas, perceptions or anything I appear to be @tarazkp.
Appearences & perceptions change but reality does not.