Sunday, November 1, 2009
Woman Crossing Street
Yesterday at a stop sign I watched a woman walk across the street. I saw the dance between the street and the woman as they separated and then came back together. And yet I was surprised that I couldn't sense any weight to her.
We don't see weight. We don't see anything beyond what is there. Then we start adding what we know and we are suddenly not seeing anymore, but caught in our preconceptions.
We don't see weight. We don't see anything beyond what is there. Then we start adding what we know and we are suddenly not seeing anymore, but caught in our preconceptions.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Back at It
So I finished the 90 or so drawings for a book and want to take a break before I go back to make them better.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Ego?
I had a strange experience the other day. I was in a small town in Texas... one that I had never been to. There were recognizable things all around (human beings, cars, stores, streets). I never had imagined that this town existed. Nor that it existed without me! It was such a shock that it had been operating without me, or any knowledge of me, and then I wondered what else existed without me. The idea of my world changed as I realized that similar worlds existed outside of me and my consciousness.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
...he had stood before the Lord.
"Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the lord." —Genesis 19:27
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...