Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"
—Kahil Gibran, The Prophet
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Dragon's Gate II
Koan: Master Ungo once was at Ryumon (Dragon’s gate) temple. One day a monk was bitten in his leg by a snake. Butsugen, one of the monks, as...
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I heard these sentiments in some recent health care discussions: •Everyone has the right to healthcare. •America is way behind other countri...
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Last week I mentioned a few moral dilemmas. One was the bystander who could save five lives by throwing one man onto some tracks. I rememb...
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...
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The organ has been exorcised or excised from Kim's drawing. Is that to avoid the risk of a bond being formed? H.
The organ(s) you are referring to are not needed to form a bond or not. Bonding occurs in our minds and may create a unhealthy relationship that Eric Fromm called "dual egotism."
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