Bill!, Now, now, not in the middle of that world. It's said that Mount Sumeru stands in the middle of that world. So, the heart may be displaced to one side of the Mountain... as it is in Humans to the left side of the medial line.
And with that, a good night! --Joe PS (Quarter-inch of snow on the ground in southern AZ at 2500 ft. Much more snow above. What a sight our mountains will be in the morning. I had to cover my winter garden of leaf-lettuce, kohlrabi, and beets. Actual snow! What will they think of next?). > "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Joe, > > Yes, I saw that. And also I too thought that although it was clumsily-worded > his heart was in the right place. Or at least the form that we call his > heart was in the right place. Or at least was I say it was in right place > because I suspect any notion of Edgar actually having a heart is definitely > illusory which puts it right smack dab in the middle of the world-of-forms. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Hi, Bill!, > > > > Somewhere in the thread of posts of late regarding Buddha Nature, Edgar > > mentioned that a hard part in our practice is bringing our awakening to the > > realm of forms, and that meditation leading to awakening may have been the > > "easy" part of the old two-step. > > > > I didn't really think this was quite an apt way to put it, but I certainly > > understood from experience that ending a long period of intensive practice > > and returning to home life can open us to a challenge. > > > > And I recall how, after sesshins end, for example, a lot of happiness, and > > laughing and tears, and, as people are leaving, people would sometimes say, > > "Well, the REAL sesshin begins TOMORROW!" > > > > Everybody understands this. > > > > As Mike was giving his advice to Edgar at the apparent end of that thread, > > I chimed in to support the part of Edgar's contributions that was indeed > > for me the most poignant and practical and important, as I see it as a > > practitioner. > > > > I did not expect to carry on at a little length about things not too > > unrelated. > > > > Like you, I suppose I write extemporaneously too, Bill! > > > > "Twirling"? Is someone a Drum Majorette? > > > > --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/
