Mortal minds are always unsettled by eternal things; they want to catch the infinite and nail it down to something finite. Impossible!

The pumpkin itself is a symbol for mortality. Like mortals, the pumpkin seed is planted in the darkness of the earth, where it is left to search for the light. When the plant finally sprouts, it travels along the ground, as if in search of its place in the world. Then, once the pumpkin has found its place, it blossoms into a fruit that towers above all others. And when the pumpkin is ripe, it's a veritable life-giving force.

The pumpkin itself is a symbol for mortality.

It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man,’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created God. It is odd that the Bible says, ‘The body is mortal, the soul is immortal,’ whereas even here the contrary is true: the body (its matter) is eternal; the soul (the form of the body) is transitory.

If there is anything that mortals and immortals share in common, it is that there is nothing of greater importance for both of them, than to live fully in the present moment.

Eternity is today