Edgar,
quoting:
"Thus I learned early that nothing is ever as it first appears! That one
statement is the essence of Zen!"
Hmm, well not to quibble, nor to raise momentous issues on your Feast Day.
I'd say there may seem to be an essence to one newly arrived or re-arrived and
startled in the moment of the awakening. But in an instant (Dogen says 1/64 of
a SECOND), we realize we are home, and this has been our home all along.
Away!, fades the notion of an essence -- if it ever did arise -- there is just
freedom and ease of body and mind. And there is not a thing. So, just don't
STICK to anything: you are home ALREADY: you don't need to BRING it home.
Bringing things home is called, "The old man selling water by the river dies of
thirst".
Such is the awakening to Zen, or no-mind. There is no essence. Tastelessly
bland. Wonderful and miraculous. And no April Fool's.
One man's appreciation; a guy in the desert, talking.
Birthday greetings, Edgar, continued!
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> Yes, it is April Fool's day and also MY birthday!
>
> Thus I learned early that nothing is ever as it first appears!
>
> That one statement is the essence of Zen!
>
> Edgar
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