30.10.1998 – Interpretation of dali48
The two most important aspects to understand the “Tao”
are:
1 That nothing happens, ever the same again ...
2 This huge fabric consists of permanent changes, but doesn’t change itself. It is the archetype of time, being and non-being (see life and death, etc - d.48) inclusive, the present, the future and the past. It's the big picture of ongoing duration, boundless space and endless change ... (P. Rawson / L. Legeza)
Since "Zen" targets its view over the symbols out on the things themselves, it recognizes all our prejudices about skin color, gender, and age and all other culture-related doctrines as a pure work of man, as not belonging properly to the nature of things ... (S. W. Holmes / C. Horioka)
“Zen” means fusion of Buddhism and Shintoism, etc... (dali48)
Everything exists according to its own nature. Our individual perceptions of value, accuracy, beauty and dimension exist only in our head (so the head should be cleaned out, etc. - d.48), nowhere else ...
Man is a child of nature and gets along best when he works hand in hand with it, rather then to dominate it ...
Security and immutability are chimeras of the “ego” dominated consciousness and do not exist in nature. To accept the uncertainty and yield to the unknown, creates a saving faith in "the whole" ...
One can only live in the present moment ... The lively scene and the words about it, are not the same and should not be treated as equal ...
Fields and mountains - the snow took them away. Nothing remains ... (A "Haiku" by Yoso)
But in all events, there is no permanent unchanging soul. Do not quarrel with this idea. Simply give space to it. And then enjoy the peace that it brings with it ...
Rainy season - The entrance flooded, and splashing frogs are there ... (Sampu)
The moon drifted in a cloud: Should I not borrow me - a small juicy melon? ... (Shiki)
There is no “ego” in the sense of a persistent, unchanging soul or personality, who temporarily lives in a body ...
The lively “ego” is constantly changing. Live now - Accept yourself, as you are now - No one is only blamed or only praised ...
Because of this “ego” is purely imaginary, we can easily ascribe to it a stable and eternal nature. Our need for security leads us to believe that fact. If the “ego” is the center of our world, the acceptance of its mortality would make shake our whole world ...
In short, we pay for the illusion of an unchanging “ego” in that we have to constantly litigate against our environment ...
The water is flowing. We are living (i.e. living means flowing etc - d.48) ... The last nightingale sings - in a thicket of young bamboo - a song of age ... (Basho)
True insight comes not from special knowledge, from membership of the exclusive circles of doctrines and dogmas. It arises from preconscious intuitions of what we truly are, from our original wisdom ...
No more oil (see e.g. dirty electricity, etc. - d.48) to read, so off to bed! - Ah! My moonlight-pillow ... (Basho)
You silly scarecrow! Just below your feet - the birds peck the rice ... (Yayu)
Their names I do not know, but every weed - has its delicate flower ... (Sampu)
1 That nothing happens, ever the same again ...
2 This huge fabric consists of permanent changes, but doesn’t change itself. It is the archetype of time, being and non-being (see life and death, etc - d.48) inclusive, the present, the future and the past. It's the big picture of ongoing duration, boundless space and endless change ... (P. Rawson / L. Legeza)
Since "Zen" targets its view over the symbols out on the things themselves, it recognizes all our prejudices about skin color, gender, and age and all other culture-related doctrines as a pure work of man, as not belonging properly to the nature of things ... (S. W. Holmes / C. Horioka)
“Zen” means fusion of Buddhism and Shintoism, etc... (dali48)
Everything exists according to its own nature. Our individual perceptions of value, accuracy, beauty and dimension exist only in our head (so the head should be cleaned out, etc. - d.48), nowhere else ...
Man is a child of nature and gets along best when he works hand in hand with it, rather then to dominate it ...
Security and immutability are chimeras of the “ego” dominated consciousness and do not exist in nature. To accept the uncertainty and yield to the unknown, creates a saving faith in "the whole" ...
One can only live in the present moment ... The lively scene and the words about it, are not the same and should not be treated as equal ...
Fields and mountains - the snow took them away. Nothing remains ... (A "Haiku" by Yoso)
But in all events, there is no permanent unchanging soul. Do not quarrel with this idea. Simply give space to it. And then enjoy the peace that it brings with it ...
Rainy season - The entrance flooded, and splashing frogs are there ... (Sampu)
The moon drifted in a cloud: Should I not borrow me - a small juicy melon? ... (Shiki)
There is no “ego” in the sense of a persistent, unchanging soul or personality, who temporarily lives in a body ...
The lively “ego” is constantly changing. Live now - Accept yourself, as you are now - No one is only blamed or only praised ...
Because of this “ego” is purely imaginary, we can easily ascribe to it a stable and eternal nature. Our need for security leads us to believe that fact. If the “ego” is the center of our world, the acceptance of its mortality would make shake our whole world ...
In short, we pay for the illusion of an unchanging “ego” in that we have to constantly litigate against our environment ...
The water is flowing. We are living (i.e. living means flowing etc - d.48) ... The last nightingale sings - in a thicket of young bamboo - a song of age ... (Basho)
True insight comes not from special knowledge, from membership of the exclusive circles of doctrines and dogmas. It arises from preconscious intuitions of what we truly are, from our original wisdom ...
No more oil (see e.g. dirty electricity, etc. - d.48) to read, so off to bed! - Ah! My moonlight-pillow ... (Basho)
You silly scarecrow! Just below your feet - the birds peck the rice ... (Yayu)
Their names I do not know, but every weed - has its delicate flower ... (Sampu)
Thank
you for your comments tonymac and JS etc. - "The way of tea (Japanese chadô) has become one of the most important ways of Zen. This is not
particularly surprising, since Zen knows more than any other philosophy
of life that the meaning of life can be discovered in everyday life"...
(A. Mentes-Wilsung / J. Bossert)
I love that! Thank you for sharing it!
Ah
- good that it helped you through an illness. Your willingness to find
ways to heal yourself says much about your perspective, openness of
mind and mood to see it for what it is, as you say, - not a religion. I
might even go on to say it's maybe not even a philosophy in a
traditional sense, so much as an inner attitude. One thing it brings to
each of life's experience is fresh new appreciation and grasp of what
that thing or situation really IS, it itself, rather than automatically
retro-fitting each present experience (if even noticed) into a more
rigid pre-decided model. I suspect that the practice exercises are to
prepare one to let go of that retro-fitting of experience and to begin
to be able to see and accept it as it is in its own way.
I
can't say I ever practiced it but it sort of "sunk in" and almost
seemed to find itself lurking in my consciousness anyway, possibly to
have emerged in a similar expression whether or not I ever heard of Zen.
But it certainly has touched my life and influenced my attitude &
approach to life's challenges, as well as to its pleasures. It found
little resistance or quarrel in me and I can feel it as it influences
me, without being deliberately sought out.
I noticed in
what I have read about it an outstanding & major difference between
its perspective and "the Western" perspective. I am sure I have
"western" influences; - after all, I'm "western" - even to my actual
location, but I just didn't' feel attached to much that is "western"
thought, perhaps due to my own beginnings. But it is so valuable to
read and learn more about this. So it's good to know you and your
experience and work. I must look into your books and articles touching
on it. Thank you.
Ah.
You're surely well informed about Zen - much more than I. I read
books on the subject at one period of my life, Alan Watts, especially.
But a major source of awareness was a friend who had lived in Japan,
there several years to study ceramics and preach as a Church of Christ
minister, along with his wife and kids. What he learned there was so
eye-opening that it changed his life and his mind and actually resulted
in his being ostracized by the church in which he was reared as a
minister's son. He spoke Japanese fluently and had a bookshelf full of
books in that language & translated from it on pottery, philosophy
and novels. It stirred my curiosity. I read some of them and sought for
understanding of what Zen teaches.
I once wrote
something to the effect that if Zen is defined, that is not Zen. I
perceive that as a problem for people: trying to herd any enlightened
understanding into a handy vernacular lacking it, what it IS. Seems the
fate of many, if not all of the great enlightened thought as it becomes
reduced to mere "religion" by, for and to folks who haven't really
reached a level of true understanding, though they may be questing for a
"way". If people did understand or had ever understood Zen or any of
many other valuable forms of enlightenment, perhaps the world would
already be in a state of grace. If Zen can at least begin to transform
it into that direction, it would be wonderful. During the "Beat
Generation" there was quite an impetus toward embracing Zen but it
became quickly unrecognizable, like so much that passes itself off as
haiku, which is an excellent vehicle for expressing Zen without
attempting to define it.
Dali48 - so few who attempt to write haiku understand it. You really seem to. I'll bet your own haiku is good.
My
personal perception is: "There is no problem" - based on the fact that
IT is, no matter what or how we try to define it and there is no
problem in or with IT. We exist as much as we do in the present, where
"problems" result from our own choices, both individually and
collectively and can be resolved if we understand that and look to
ourselves to resolve them.
I've read quite a bit about zen and tao and it probably has influenced my view.
I enjoyed your hub immensely.
Thank
you for an interesting hub! In truth everything in this world has
already happened ...and we all made it! It is always best to live in the
moment ...
Great hub...thanks for sharing
These words are beautiful to read, thank you. A small juicy melon sounds about right!
Love and peace
Tony
I think you write like poetry, have you done any poetry?
Polly
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