Dear Merle,
Our practice does not result in an acquirement. It results in a loss.
When we lose all, we are in the basement. We are below the foundation of all
things.
It's a good place. It is the ground of our Humanity, and of all beings, and
all things. There is nothing dizzying (nor claustrophobic) about it.
I call it a wine-cellar because "basement" alone sounds spartan. It is not
spartan. It is richly appointed.
I was not taught this analogy, no: This is Joe talking. Many people will know
what I mean, or may have used a similar analogy themselves, and can instantly
recognize the meaning.
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> i see joe...
>
> is that what YOU were taught?..the wine- cellar scenario?
> there are teachers and teachers... and more teachers..
> again i ask who is the teacher and who is the student?
> did not many a musical genius start his career in the basement to climb to
> the top of the dizzy heights?
> merle
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