On 7/27/2012 10:53 PM, Bill! wrote:
>
> You say "The words matter not. They are like falling leaves, leaving
> the root more deeply covered." That's true - but only if you already
> know the root is there. Most people only see the mound of leaves and
> don't even know the root exists, much less where it is and how to find it.
>
> Words do matter. They are the 'finger pointing to the moon'. They
> matter because it's easy to get fixated on the finger. IMO you have to
> continually change the finger or use other fingers to point to the
> moon to break this fixation.
This 'matter', is yet another layer added:
Snow, covering leaves
Sparkling in the moonlight
Reflecting darkness
This fixation on changing pointers is still fixation on finger. Many
fingers, one moon. Use a stick, or a piece of old dead root to point. No
matter.
'Root' is just another pointing finger.
Efforts to find the root of suffering, are rooted in groundless
delusion. Nothing else to find, but each must look for themselves.
Concealed by layers of thought,
Blanketed by 'spiritual' snow,
Beneath the fallen leaves of time,
Underlying earthly concerns,
There lies no 'root'
Nothing for one to attach to.
Seeing this,
Effortless
Self-severing
Cessation.
-KG
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