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originally posted by: SecretsoftheBlueApples
Amidst the Fog a Lamp is perceived...
a reply to: ancientthunder
If one truly wishes to free themselves of these bonds.
One must train to see and know.
without aid.
For to need aid, is to be unable
to see and know
originally posted by: InTheLight
"A Cup of Tea
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!”
“Like this cup,” Nan-in said, “you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”"
originally posted by: InTheLight
a reply to: YouSir
Exactly, we first need to start by making space to learn and grow, that may demand the emptying of what is already in there that may be holding us back.
originally posted by: YouSir
originally posted by: InTheLight
a reply to: YouSir
Exactly, we first need to start by making space to learn and grow, that may demand the emptying of what is already in there that may be holding us back.
Ummm...precisely...I wrote a poem about that some time ago..."Conceptualizing the void"
Everything is relegated to a form of trivial pursuit...it is good though to honor all the steps and the hard work of others that have helped you along your path...without them I may never have found discovery...or discovered what I have found...
I may be an irreverent ass on the boards...but that doesn't mean I haven't stopped on occasion to...not ponder...
YouSir
originally posted by: ancientthunder
Or another way to say the same is to find the space that has always been. Once there everything dissolves.a reply to: InTheLight
originally posted by: ancientthunder
It's like your cup of tea, the tea dissolves into the hot water. Everything dissolves yet it is all there. Everything is always around. This is what I meant, but at times I can be vague.a reply to: InTheLight
Why should I seek? I am the same as He. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself! Rumi[47]
originally posted by: SecretsoftheBlueApples
Dost thou even know how many Pancakes it takes to Shingle Thy Doghouse? None'est've'nt, because thou moto'sickle, don't haveth any Doors, whence the other reason , is truly and duly causeth yoo canst sell Iceth Creameth frometh a Sailing Schooner, whicheth doesn't have the any wheels! Harumph, Harumpth, too'est thy Nth degree...
a reply to: YouSir