common insight with us the enlightened ones..if you don't cry you laugh!..jesus...merle
Kris, BTW, "The Great Cry Followed by a Great Laugh" is a figure, or theme, in Ch'an practice, mentioned around the periphery. Probably also in Zen. May all beings have this! I may be wrong, but I think only Human (beings) CRY. Or, especially, SOB: but almost every animal's eye's "water". The "Great Cry Followed by a Great Laugh" is a spontaneous purification. Now, if a person (practitioner) is really lucky, the "Great Cry Followed by a Great Laugh" ...will be followed a few days later by "The Great Death, Followed by a Resurrection". That latter is awakening. But awakening might happen sometimes in other ways. If the "Great Cry Followed by a Great Laugh"-PURIFICATION is unneeded, then you can get right on with the "Great Death...", etc. When it happens. ;-) There can be no intention regarding these developments. Anyway, just terms; language for real developments/phases/transitions. (Kensho brings what you say it brings, below. But I just wish it would bring me the morning PAPER! I must get a dog, then, and name it "Kensho". My cats will hate me forever). --Joe > Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > > On 10/12/2012 4:16 PM, Edgar Owen wrote: > Kesnho brings a momentary "Aha!" Great Satori brings the timeless "Ha > ha!" Laugh, or die trying.
