Right HERE!

[Myoku]

Thank you everyone,
Gassho
Myoku

[Kyonin]

Yesterday I had to wait for a couple of hours at the dentist office.

I didn't even have to pick up a magazine.

All I did was to be there.

It was perfect.

Afterwards, life went on as usual.

[Dosho]

I wish I'd have had someone to smack me after my first real 'Holy Shit' kensho moment. It would have saved me YEARS of attachment. Then again, maybe those years of hung-up-ness have prevented my backsliding. Maybe not. Dunno.

Chet,

I have a feeling that you are exactly where you are supposed to be.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Eika]

Nicely said, Rafael.
_/\_
Eika


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Chet,

I had this sense as I was typing the original post that neither what I was typing nor what I was remembering was that... you know...That. Still, I felt I had to say something - if only to have a teacher wield the virtual equivalent of a kyosaku to whack/punch/kick/tap this into this skull-bones-skinbag.

Yep, back to sitting it is.



Rafael

I wish I'd have had someone to smack me after my first real 'Holy Shit' kensho moment. It would have saved me YEARS of attachment. Then again, maybe those years of hung-up-ness have prevented my backsliding. Maybe not. Dunno.

Chet

[Amelia]

With every breath and every sight a swak!

[pinoybuddhist]

Rafael

[Taigu]

Your skinbag is very precious, Rafael.

Nothing wrong with being a skinbag

Attachment to our thoughts and beliefs is the problem.

You had to say something...act something then. Do something.

Saying is, as Chet puts it, too late, too far. And then self and others are just two.

No need for a kyosaku, don't you see real life with a massive one?

Everyday I give and receive this kyosaku, without a single inch of wood.


gassho


Taigu

[pinoybuddhist]

Chet,

I had this sense as I was typing the original post that neither what I was typing nor what I was remembering was that... you know...That. Still, I felt I had to say something - if only to have a teacher wield the virtual equivalent of a kyosaku to whack/punch/kick/tap this

Back to the bench!

into this skull-bones-skinbag.

Yep, back to sitting it is.



Rafael

Rafael,

You've had this experience loudly. You may at some point have it quietly too, but if you think 'right here', you've already travelled a million miles away and put a real chasm between self and other.

Taigu punches everyone but his hand is never closed into a fist. True compassion! He should punch me for being so sanctimonious.

Back to the bench!

Gassho,

Chet

[Amelia]

And somewhere in the process of offering metta to my mother who's miles away in another city, it occurred to me that she was just RIGHT HERE with me. And not only that, everyone and everything, the whole universe was just RIGHT HERE, not metaphorically but literally, RIGHT HERE!

I have had that feeling a few times. It's beautiful, and then I must let it pass through.

I present my ass for a kicking.

Thanks for sharing Rafael ...

Gassho
Michael

[Omoi Otoshi]

If you bring me an inch of delusion, i ll kick this butt of yours.
Same if you turn up with an inch of realization, butt kicked for sure!

The true conduct is beyond inches and presentation.
Find the true person behind these games
And bring the bastard
And we ll sit and laugh together

Gassho



Taigu

Sawaki Roshi couldn't have said it better!

Gassho,
/Pontus

[Omoi Otoshi]

Thanks for sharing Rafael! That's great!
Don't get stuck!

[Seizan]

I second Willow Thank you Taigu, and thank you Rafael. I know the feeling you described, which gives Taigu the right to kick my butt!! Just kinda the quiet peaceful relaxation of the mind because something was right and suddenly seemed to make sense. Okay, I'm throwing it away *hides*

Gassho,
DAni