Merle and Joe, Here is some 'Cartoon Zen' that supports Joe's point below:
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" wrote: > > 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 >
