Good writing comes from the heart
Says what everyone knows but hasn't found words for yet
It unified ,forms a bond between reader and writer
Great writing takes someone else's recipe and replaces the chicken with potato
unfortunately the froogy doesn't know what the froogy is. you have to see for yourself.
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
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