As far as spontaneity goes -- a natural and instant response to conditions --
it doesn't always go, among people who have a leading idea, or who have what
feels like any mental activity whatever.
Spontaneity of the kind worthy of the name in the Zen school is the activity
and function of the awakened person. Spontaneity is not a noun, though: it is
Wisdom and Compassion which are the nouns, and it is they which act
spontaneously.
(Just to be clear).
I don't speak of timelessness, but I point out that, in the dharma, there is no
such thing as lost time, or wasted time. It's a rhetorical question, but is
there any time? I'm doubtful.
Our karma brings us to every point, no matter how soon or tardy; such is one
way to phrase it, 'nyhow. But it's certainly the way things are, no matter how
we phrase it. ;-)
--Joe
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> Likewise, just a manner of speaking.
>
> Timeless spontaneity - indeed - as if it could be otherwise! ;)
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