Re: [-empyre-] metaphor

[Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>]

Ah nah Nansen ate the cat as far as the finger goes it was Neil
Armstrong's ask Dogen

since I can't think at the moment makes sense to be a smartass

why does enlightenment have to come slowly why does meditation take time

always type date at the prompt

k:> date

and you see something NEW

Wed Nov 26 19:13:03 EST 2003

- Alan

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Henry Warwick wrote:

> 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...
>
> > That "we measure one way, but we dream another" is true. And I will read
> > Wilson's book. Thanks!
>
> you're welcome. It's really good.
>
> > What zendo did you live in?
>
> Ka-Shin zendo genzo-hi.
>
> HW
>
> Gotta trot- gone for the weekend. My best to all empyreans.
>
> HW
>
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