[MD] Painting

[Kevin Perez]

Hello Marsha,
 
> Sorry to be so confusing.  The dormouse said, "Feed your head."
 
No need to be sorry.
 
> Suzuki's words are, "Although we have no actual written 
> communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or 
> suggestions about what is going on in that world, and that is, you 
> might say, enlightenment.  When you see plum blossoms or hear the 
> sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the 
> world of emptiness."
> 
> Are they saying the same thing, or the opposite?   
 
First things first.  The Dormouse in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
never said, "Feed your head."  Sorry.
 
I'd say don't trust the Dormouse.
 
The head is where the brain is.  And so it's where electro-chemical
processes give rise to sense perceptions.  If this is all there is to a
person then I'd say go with the Dormouse.  But it ain't, imo.
 
> What is reading the book?
 
In other words, what am I?  Better to ask who am I?  It's been my
experience that I am my relationships.  More than anything else, it's
my relationships with people and things that define who I am.
 
>From what you've quoted from Suzuki I'd say he's talking about
incarnational mysticism.  It's how the experience of a rock can put a
smile on your face.  It's definitely not in the head.
 

Kevin
 

 
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