Dear Jonas,
Well said indeed, and an echo of my own thoughts and feelings. In my
earlier life, I was a trained scientist, so I resonate a bit with
Viney's assertions, but (if they are true...) they are similar to
saying that the viewing of a Van Gogh has mostly to do with the
juices mingling in the region of the eyeballs...
I invariably enjoy your thoughtful, kindly, and yet pointed posts.
Thanks,
eB
>I just want to add a word to the last interchange between Mark Miller and
>Windsor Viney. Personally, I like Kobun Chino Roshi's phrase, "unrestricted
>being". Yes, perhaps "beingness" is a mouthful of marbles. But I don't
>agree with Mr. Viney that Mark and the Roshi have read too much Heidegger.
>Someone who speaks Japanese might give us the Japanese word for "being".
>I'll bet that, in the Zen lexicon, that "being" word has been around along
>time before Heidegger. And I think it's a good word that points to something
ineffable but real.
--"Take the only tree that's left, and stuff it up the hole in your culture..." --Leonard Cohen
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