Stone is curiously light.
A- Because a stone can often seem quite 'buoyant'
B- 'Cause its density, if it is less than the medium it is emerged in, will cause it to float rather than sink.
C - Did you know boats made of stone, and concrete (a kind of manmade stone) will actually float ?
D - Even deep down in the ocean, there are places where certain kinds rocks will stop sinking,
E - Floating somewhere below, just above the sea bed, it has no weight at all!
F - Getting a stone out of a river, it often feels when you carry it onto the shore, not lighter, but,
G - Heavier. What's going on here?
H- It's possible that we are merely feeling the effect of a displacing of its gravity, as if it's
I - Just waiting to climb to a higher plane or energy level ?
J - Keep in mind, if you work with stone, it can be very enlightening too.
K - Lightness is not just a relative thing, somewhere in the universe it is absolute
L - Might stone be affected, not so much by gravity, but ..
M - Nearly or merely the other way round ?
N - Obviously, aesthetically pleasing, well made edifices of stonework, can look almost 'weightless'.
O - Perhaps, their weightless appearance is the real reality?
P - Quite impressively, floating on top of (and above) one another, the stones in good stonework, are all
Q - Resisting gravity, (displacing it) and so are able together to magically rise to a loftier plane.
R - Stand back and admire the unsurpassed loftiness of mountains, and the many manmade structures throughout history that are built with stone .
S- Take for instance a dry stone bridge.
T - Under the arch, (not above) water can't help but flow below the tons and tons of perfectly fitted stones.
U - Virtually, and by comparison, if you think about it, most other things seem far heavier than stone.
V - Double your bet, anything else made by man to resist the downward pull of gravity, will not last as long as stone.
W - X cept for light itself, stone soars lighter and higher and feels more constant, than the rest of creation .
X - You can sense this raw creativity just waiting to flow out of stone, if you're patient
Y - Zero in on its 'lightness', experience the 'Zen of Stone' and feel its transcendental quality.
It will always keep you buoyant .
