[MD] Painting

[MarshaV]

At 10:23 PM 3/13/2007, Kevin wrote:
>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.
>

Greetings,

There's mythos, logos, rocks, the sound of a small stone hitting 
bamboo, and the words of an annoying little dormouse.  They all make me smile.

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