Re: [-empyre-] metaphor

["Joel Weishaus" <weishaus@pdx.edu>]

> The Voices in my Head tell me that on 11/26/03 8:02 AM, Joel Weishaus at
> weishaus@pdx.edu wrote:
>
> > And I offer to you Steven Heine's "Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen
> > Masters." Even to Zen Masters, the world was, and is, mysterious. An
> > illusion, yes; but one that contains ghosts, dragons, and mysterious
women.
>
> All of it symbols. Nansen never really cut a cat in half. One should not
> confuse the finger with the moon it is pointing at...

Cultural symbols. But the culture can't be untangled from the religion.
Zen is a wonderful trail mix.

-Joel