Everybody Gets What They Deserve

CASE

Issan Dorsey said, “Everybody gets what they deserve, whether they deserve it or not.”

COMMENTARY

First you observe it. Then you name it, perhaps karma. If you then see how it measures up to the name you become lost in despair, pride or confusion. But what is acceptance beyond acceptance? What is it that thus comes? Do you deserve it? Do you not deserve it? How is it different if you deserve it or not? Perhaps the law of karma is bigger than your evaluation. The merging of difference and unity is a statement like Issan’s. Healthy or ill, Issan met each moment. Perhaps you deserve more than these meager words. Alas!

VERSE by Dairyu

Old Basho’s “Splash”
Rings in our ears.
Whether you like the poem or not
The frog got wet.