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…n ignorant non-duality we are passive recipients of the innocence and self-forgetfulness we enjoy simply because the dualistic ego has not yet surfaced and exerted its influence, not because the perspective it creates has been transcended and lost its power and reality. Our calm is the temporary and often uneasy calm before the storm and not the tranquil peace which occurs after the storm and its causes have passed. The Progression toward Dualit…
…holds within itself a great potential. Perhaps we need to be generous and forgive our self or some other for a misguided act that left doubt and sadness in its wake. Perhaps we have been building up fortitude for some necessary step in our training. Perhaps we know we need to keep the Precepts more deeply. Perhaps after all, we simply long to surrender our life completely to the Eternal and surrender our strivings into a deeper trust. Nothing is w…
…kness or silence a “thing” that can be grasped. This is because in the face-to-face encounter with the Eternal of meditation there is no separate self, just the serene, profound, illuminating light. Dogen says it better than I: Lament impurity. Within the silent waters of the heart Dwells the moon, the lonely waves— Brightness everywhere. ((See The Story of Rev. Dogen, translated from the Japanese by Rev. P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett.)) Bibliography 1….