The Church

and the Word

the

tatemae & honne

of the West.

To stress

works

but give little

signification

to what they

imply;

to judge without

knowing someone.

I

say to you now,

that there is

no

better human.

A function

a

function

-- add the element

of

love

but don’t forget

the variety of

our effects.

There is
surface
and there is depth.
The
waters bow
under in
some

the universe

caves in on itself

bends

in

at the center

to see

another part.

Where in space

and

time it does this

we attribute

everything;

we

foolishly wish

not to see

the absolute arbitrariness

of

it.

We tie
all significance
to the
face

like a line

to a bobber

-- is this
a good spot?

--

unaccustomed to

the fact

that it simply happens
it
must
happen.

That which pulls

us in

isn’t hidden

; it

just

isn’t

seen.

By all means

love the

face: plucking

out our eyes

is to throw away

a Go
d-gi
ve
n

miracle,

a furtive center
to so
many joys.

And yet,
couple your sight
to your
sensitivity

and witness

the

unbearable

simultaneity

of the
Many-face and the

One-.

as such

how can
anyone
love
and
hate

?

There is nothing wrong with seeking happiness or peace of mind. It is the natural motivation behind all our thoughts and actions. Where we have gone wrong is in assuming that whether or not we are at peace depends upon what is happening in the world around us. ...

This attachment to the material world as our primary source of happiness lies at the root of much of the craziness that humanity perpetuates upon the world. It is this that leads us to consume resources we do not need, to treat other people as elements in an equation, to discharge our refuse out of sight, and to mistreat and abuse our own bodies.

...

If we are to stop abusing our world we need to let go of our attachments. ... In a state of non-attachment we no longer believe that what we have or do will provide the peace that we seek. As a result we are free to care more fully for other people, and for all living beings.

Thus the most important fight of all at this crucial stage in our evolution is not the fight against hunger, the fight against inflation, the fight against pollution, or the fight against corrupt governments. Each is very necessary and cannot be relaxed. However, they will not be won until we have also won the fight within ourselves: the struggle between our self-centered mode of thinking and the inner knowing that there is more to life than gratifying our ego-centric needs.

－　The Global Brain Awakens,
Peter Russell

「きみのところの人たちは」と王子さまは言った、「たった１つの庭で５０００本のバラを育てている……それでも自分たちが探しているものを見つけられない……」

"The people of your world," said the Little Prince, "grow 5000 roses in a single garden... And yet they can't find the one special thing they are searching for..."

「そうなんだ」とぼくは答えた。

"Yes," I answered.

「みんなが探しているものはたった１本のバラやほんの少しの水の中に見つかるのに……」

"Even though that one special thing can be found in just one rose or the littlest bit of water..."

「そのとおりだ」とぼくは言った。

"It's true," I said.

王子さまはこう付け足した ---

The Little Prince replied with this ---

「目に見えないんだ。心で探さないとだめなのさ」

"It can't be seen with the eye. It can't be searched for by any other way than the heart."

－　『星の王子さま』

Le Petit Prince (my translation),

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"You cannot get it
by doing something about it
;
you cannot get it
by doing nothing about it.
...
Wherever you look for it,
it runs away
;
and if you try to deceive the devil
by pretending to yourself that
you are not looking for it,
you certainly
won't deceive
the Tao."

-- Alan Watts, Talking Zen

a taoist cameo

words of Lao-tzu (as translated by Taoist Master John Bright-Fey)...



natural action without deeds is the equilibrium of mankind (3.20)


if you look upon yourself as an accident in space and time

then you will always be present in space and time

it is as simple as finding yourself by not looking (7.18-20)


contending causes contention (8.22)


creative spirit
vital soul
wonderous bodymind

can you combine these into one phase
and gently hold onto it

one phase one part one moment (10.1-6)



this first one rings in my mind over and over and over.... "fluid thinking rather than stagnant thought" (2.20).... it reminds me of my responsibility to allow myself to see what i truly can and can't control, what i truly can and can't do. it reminds me that thought is action and action is occurence and occurence is of the Greater Consciousness. may the bodymind be exercised and fit