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From: "Heather Perella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] the Underground
Marsha:
To me that is what the descent is about.
No pot of gold at
the end, just being a more honest person. Clearer.
Braver. I think that
makes trying to get this emptiness thing so important too.
Hoping it will
sweep away all kinds of muck. It has to some degree
already, but not nearly
enough. The descent is much more personal, frightening,
painful.
SA: It is important to hold. Sustaining is important. This is where
focus comes in. This is where static latching occurs. As Huineng would
say, 'There is no muck'. Quote as follows:
"There is no Bodhi-tree,
Nor stand of a mirror bright.
Since all is Void,
Where can the dust alight?"
This was his response to Shen Hsiu's:
"Our body is the Bodhi-tree,
And our mind a mirror bright.
Carefully we wipe them hour by hour,
And let no dust alight."
I see "muck", I see misguiding distractions. Yet, muck and
misguidings are interesting, don't you think? Aren't they static
patterns, if we hold to what dmb calls the status quo? Thus, morals in
whose time has passed and are on their way out.
Ahh Good SA,
Maybe you can explain. First there is muck, than there is no muck, then
there is muck again. What do you think?
Marsha
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