Bob, You're very welcome.
What you say about the small box reminds me right away of a poem by Robert Graves. Maybe you know this poem already. --Joe ---------------------------------------- Warning to Children Children, if you dare to think Of the greatness, rareness, muchness Fewness of this precious only Endless world in which you say You live, you think of things like this: Blocks of slate enclosing dappled Red and green, enclosing tawny Yellow nets, enclosing white And black acres of dominoes, Where a neat brown paper parcel Tempts you to untie the string. In the parcel a small island, On the island a large tree, On the tree a husky fruit. Strip the husk and pare the rind off: In the kernel you will see Blocks of slate enclosed by dappled Red and green, enclosed by tawny Yellow nets, enclosed by white And black acres of dominoes, Where the same brown paper parcel - Children, leave the string alone! For who dares undo the parcel Finds himself at once inside it, On the island, in the fruit, Blocks of slate about his head, Finds himself enclosed by dappled Green and red, enclosed by yellow Tawny nets, enclosed by black And white acres of dominoes, With the same brown paper parcel Still untied upon his knee. And, if he then should dare to think Of the fewness, muchness, rareness, Greatness of this endless only Precious world in which he says he lives - he then unties the string. -- Robert Graves --- In [email protected], "bobthomas564" <bobthomas564@...> wrote: > > Hi Joe - Thank you so much for posting this video. It is wonderful. > > So much to touch you, so much lost and nothing gained. Brings back a big > experience I had of being lost in small box that contained the universe, and > seeing matter as all pervading, all encompassing and sucking me into it. > > Bob > > Hear the account by a modern Ch'an master, a young fellow aged only 36, > > Ven. Guo Jun (a Dharma heir of my teacher, the Ven. Sheng Yen). The video > > below is at the TRICYCLE Magazine website. The account of the awakening > > begins soon after the 05:50 minute mark of the video below: > > > > http://www.tricycle.com/web-exclusive/returning-home > > > > Best!, > > > > --Joe ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
