tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606508531452049469.post262557998712050468..comments2022-11-30T07:20:36.413-08:00Comments on Rocks and Streams: UnQualified Investigationmatt.kitterman@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12687253984989060722noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606508531452049469.post-37663209744195925602014-03-24T07:03:18.762-07:002014-03-24T07:03:18.762-07:00Attendees
Erik
Pat
Louie
Ryan
Will
We talked of j...Attendees<br />Erik<br />Pat<br />Louie<br />Ryan<br />Will<br /><br />We talked of juriki, the result of the hard work of Zen. We talked of impermanence, ha ha - look at how pretty! So soon to be gone.<br /><br />We talked of cultivating suffering and boredom. There is a character in Catch 22 that does this and time slows when we are suffering so this may be a way to extend life by cultivating suffering.<br /><br />Will talked some about his list making compulsion. This is a way to tract the things important to us by seeing the thing that get crossed off and the things that don’t. Things that don’t are less important to us. If they were important we’d do them. The thing on the list are of three categories. Things we want to do. Things we have to do. Things expected of us. Without making a list how can we see and learn from the things we do?<br /><br />We questioned the notion of 'invoke' in the reading. Is this referring to being accident prone?<br /><br />We talked quite a bit about naming things. This can separate us from the experience. But doesn’t have to.<br /><br />We talked about how to carry the quiet space throughout the day and how sometimes so of us use our ‘bad moods’ to get us through our ‘bad moods’.<br /><br />We are both moon mind and cloud body at the same time. What is it to be in wonder? Balance and noticing. Investigating wonder. This sets up a dichotomy between the notion of investigating which some think of ‘arms length’ and ‘science’ and ‘education’ and ‘naming’ on the one hand and wonder which points to a direct experience on the other.<br /><br />Not investigating our wonder keeps us dumb.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017153635384930856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606508531452049469.post-88064390652219858892014-03-23T19:53:48.846-07:002014-03-23T19:53:48.846-07:00Heavy eyelids,
Chaotic sounds of children at play ...Heavy eyelids,<br />Chaotic sounds of children at play downstairs,<br />Smells of simmering onions and garlic,<br />Full heart.<br /><br />That's who.Parke Burgessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606508531452049469.post-11495423430497731602014-03-22T22:45:45.661-07:002014-03-22T22:45:45.661-07:00Wandering in the investigation of wonder, I wonder...Wandering in the investigation of wonder, I wonder about the boundaries that create the form of our practice. At first, it seems some boundaries are helpful; the counting of breaths etc., but later it seems the practice becomes practiceless, the boundaries of practice evaporate and we are left with just wondering and wandering, in a new place, forever uncharted, fully unknowable. And of course, the question, "who is wondering, where is wandering?" The One who sees is no person at all, no one home here, open and undivided, flowing without control, eyes watching Oneself unfold in Onetime, no time at all.Robertnoreply@blogger.com