At 07:59 AM 6/20/2007, you wrote: > [Marsha] > > Events (experience) is constant. From your looking > > at a sunset to my > > writing this post has been many events. The > > ambiguous-type of > > meaning I experienced from your initial five words > > was far more > > eventful (creative, imaginative) for me than the > > written description > > of your experience of seeing that particular sunset. > > Yes, for the short phrase mentions an event that >involves much more that was not explicitly detailed. >The written description couldn't even cover all that >happened. > > [Marsha] > > So I'll stick with the ambiguous (yes, no & all of >the above), and > > I bet you will too (later in the evening now). > > The question is how unattached is "yes, no, & all >of the above" from practical reality/sense reality. >Historically, Zen had a degenerate problem with >nothingness. Certain practitioners inclined >themselves to not think, to rid thoughts, instead of >realizing thoughts are still a manifestation of this >reality. The 6th patriarch in China went at great >lengthens to rid not-thinking, and said non-thinking >is much different. He became the only Buddhist >practitioner to have his words declared a sutra >outside of India. Are you non-thinking or trying to >not-think? Do you like static quality? > >thanks. > >cool morning after the lightening struck the earth on >different occasions nearby yesterday evening, and then >the rain fell, oh boy, it surely fell, >SA
Great question! I think holding 'yes, no & all of the above' in your mind requires alertness, watchfulness, openness. It's realizing and appreciating both ground and figure. It is emptying the predictable. It is accepting vulnerability. Do I like static quality? Yes, no & all of the above. Marsha moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
