For Soen Nakagawa

"The aim in (zen) practice isn't just to attain but also, to sustain."

 Michael Hilary Hughes on two aspects of zen practice

RELINQUISHING

I have kept the image of Man and Ox in my unconscious for a long period of time. It has now reached a vivid consciousness.

SYZYGY

The first isn't dark and short, the other isn't blonde and hairy,

they are just a young couple and they kiss; long haired usually, blonde as well.

ABOUT A MEANS AS AN END

What is causality? On one hand you cannot tie your shoelaces and on the other you can change the heavens. Are we all, as society, responsible then? The answer is an emphatical "No".

One might need more than one person to help them tie their shoelaces, yet when the other factor comes in, what we might call the "transpersonal" (the other person being many as it could be one) and of the relationship between Master/disciple, Guru/student, the action is imperative. Can you help your master in a Cosmic dimension?

Yes, you can.

On a previous message ("Τo Δίδαγμα", October 24, 2016 - Is it a 5 from 9?) we implied such a thing. This site does not ask you to believe it's validity, nevertheless an explanation is needed. 

A 5 is an advanced student a 9 is Nirvana and a 10 number does not exist (check your pictures!). A 10 number exists ONLY when are still searching in the dark for your shoes or you are taking your first steps outdoors (1 to 2).

A master changes the students consciousness and the student reciprocates as it is needed. But I come back from eternity to guide my student isn't the Rinzai way and I doubt if it is the Soto either.

We cause, we cannot help it and believing is plenty.

THE TEACHING OF THE STONE LION

 "At the crossroad is a stone lion. Without saying a word

he informs those who pass by of the way. He welcomes the 

people who come and he bids farewell to those who are

leaving. In complete silence he is delivering an endless

Dharma discourse.

So what Dharma does he preach?

                       In the middle of the night the sun rises

                       The lion emerges from his cave and roars:

                       The blind see and the deaf hear clearly.

                       Do you understand this? " 

(The Way of Korean Zen by Kusan Sunim)

Did you cause it?

"You mourn death and you cry all the time, yet, you sleep, eat and drink as if it did not affect you.

That 's the ego; all it really wants to do is survive."

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj to someone who has lost a relative and is complaining about the pain.