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Posted by gae on 10/19/2009, 6:32 am, in reply to "Re: The Rat Hole"
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Greetings Butcho,
Good words indeed, my friend.
in peace,
gar
:
: rat,
:
: All writings about the ultimate nature of
: existence are contaminated. All of the most
: sacred of books, the vedas, the bibles, the
: korans, all of them, the I Ching, the Blue
: Cliff Record, the Heart Sutra, the Diamond
: Sutra, are all contaminated for it is the
: nature of words that the moment we speak a
: truth it becomes a lie. As soon as we say
: the existential is this way then it is also
: that way. Such is the dualistic nature of
: words. Words create contradictions when they
: are allowed to play by their own rules. So
: don't let them.
:
: Existential truth cannot be found in words
: until it is found within first. Truth is
: discovered within the deep silence within
: each of us. Whatever it is, we are the Tao.
: And it is us. Such things cannot be
: discovered in any book. Until a man or a
: woman becomes an opened scripture unto
: themselves all the words of mystical insight
: that have ever been written are just so many
: words. So why write?
:
: Because among other things words can be used
: to show the shortcomings of words. Words can
: be used to point at the moon. To point at
: that which is beyond words. Like a sign on a
: road. So do not be disheartened or feign
: dis-ingenuousness my friend, your effort to
: write a book from Chuang Tzu's perspective
: as best you know how is not in vain. It has
: helped you if no one else. And I believe it
: already has and will continue to help others
: as well. Others that are genuine in their
: pursuit of truth.
:
: As Rilke pointed out in "Letter To A
: Young Poet" the solitude of writing is
: both a burden and a gift. Solitude is the
: foundation for all genuine work. There is no
: substitute for the creativity and love that
: pour out from within in the loneliness of
: writing from the heart. I expect your book
: will be more than scholarly. Anyone can
: write about the times, the eternities are a
: horse of a different color. You are not
: anyone. You are more than one.
:
: The more you have gone into yourself the
: more of yourself will come out in your
: writings about mysticism in general,
: apophatic mysticism in particular. If your
: words are rejected or not appreciated by
: some or many do not let such things detract
: from the contentment you have found within.
: Let the chips fall where they may. You can't
: please everyone.
:
: The natural man is like a clear river
: flowing to the sea. The unnatural man is
: like a stagnant pond. All of our boundaries
: are arbitrary. Let no one, including
: yourself, fence you in. The Tao is an open
: book.
:
: Butcho
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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