had to tell somebody

 

 while living, one is the rider, controlling the steed, 

guiding it to destinations, teaching it to run, to hold steady, to fly

after the passing, it becomes so that

 one is now but the horse, 

and a subtler rider is to appear

guiding teaching running ...

on and on until one 

rides like the wind, 

rides the wind, 

is the wind

 the pursuit of chill

fake hans gruber

 

layer cake : the art of good business is being a good middleman

chatgpt made this

 originality is overrated

remember, all great novels are but remixes of the humble dictionary

 why zen ?

long history of sniffing zen books

alan watts' spontaneity, controlled accident, etc 

only one where a real teacher guided me (thanks Myoyu Roshi!)

(this also decides technique - count to zen )

pirsig's zen ties to enthusiasm and arete. this makes real life pursuits real

zen is beyond good/evil labels or classifications

what next ?

an altar and a spot/corner is needed, otherwise there is no 'switch' occurring _to_ sitting

vow to practice daily

dust off the manuals, sit for 5 min more

see you on the other side

 writing prompt

an adult steps into the percy jackson universe by mistake, sees a trireme dock at the cochin port