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10/20/2021 the hypocrisy of being

Con/Jur/d
Oct 20, 2021
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“Because of my renewed interest in Zen — having put on the heavy bleak coat and looking for a way out — They said — When you do koan practice it penetrates the world around you — you’ll find it all around your life”
“Having read Finnegans Wake I thought I understood — I Tricked I — So it goes”
“At the time I preferred to see the dawn from the Otherside — I still do — But with age walking or talking all night happens less frequently — and the drugs are tamer than they were”
“Joshu once asked Nansen — What is Tao? Nansen answered — Ordinary Mind is Tao”
“Then should we direct ourselves toward it or not? asked Joshu”
“If you try to direct your way towards it — you move away from it — replied Nansen — Joshu continued — If we do not try how can we know its Tao?”
“Nansen replied — Tao does not apply to knowing or not-knowing — Knowing is Illusion — not-knowing is blankness”
“If you really attain to Tao of no-doubt — it is like the great void — so vast and blank — How — then — can there be right and wrong in the Tao?”
“At these words…

Con/Jur/d, 10/20/2021

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Gwyllm Llwydd
Writes Gwyllm’s Newsletter ·Oct 20, 2021

Nice Koan, confusing as they always are...

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