DLT....
Couple of thoughts.....first of all (and yes, i do realize you were
trying to say it "tongue in cheek" - but that doesn't make it
right)Zen is not "drop out,shave my head, find a master, and spent the
next 15 years begging and chanting." (the tongue in cheek comment is
comparable to insulting someone and then saying 'just kidding')
second...a different perspective on "encountering" dynamic quality...
most people i know have spent their lives building static patterns to
makes sense of the world. unfortunately, this also cuts us off from
the dynamic forces of the world. We are born in contact with the
dynamic. We lose it as we grow older and "more mature." But, the
process isn't about searching for the dynamic, it's about letting go
of the static. That's what the whole of Zen is about (imho) - getting
rid of static patterns so that we can get intouch with the dynamic.
But I believe you are right. You can't search for the dynamic. It
surrounds us. It is all around us. (hmmmm....Wizard of Oz comes to
mind...Dorothy's quest. She never had to leave home to find her
heart's true desire. It was there all along). It's like looking for
water while standing in the middle of a lake. We don't have to go out
in search of the dynamic. We just have to realize that by holding too
tightly to static patterns (beliefs, assumptions, what we see as
"real") we cut off the dynamic.
I think TR is dead on right. Rebuilding or retuning them doesn't get
us in touch with the dynamic. Rebuilding or retuning them may be a
more "reasonable" project, but who says the dynamic is best accessed
through reasonable behavior?
Shalom
David Lind
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