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March 2008

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Sun Internal

Sunday, 30. March 2008, 14:57:25



To have sun inside when it is sunny outside is progress,
To have sun in ones being when life is raining;
This is the way of Dao.

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Internal

Sunday, 30. March 2008, 14:38:55






To practice Zen, you need deep roots.
People with deep roots are rare.
In the past anyone could practice Zen.
But not now.
Zen depends completely on yourself.
It’s much harder, especially now.

- Sheng-hi




Cultivation - daily practice - application - meditation - Dao

peace to you
beccaxx

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Realisation?

Saturday, 29. March 2008, 19:12:22




Today I was visiting a local old cathedral (with family) during the visit a number of things fell into place for me.

There is a compassion in the natural cycle of life and death there is no seperation of life and death in following the way of Dao we accept and follow the way of death and yet this is not something to shy away from for it is also the way of life of compassion, moderation and humbleness and in following these ways and acceptances we may know a unity with the heavens that will take our breaths away and overwhelm our senses in such a way as the true nature of all things is revealed in blinding clarity.

In feeling this i knew then that realisations that had gone before had been but precursors to this new beggining a rebirth of internal spirit.

This epiphany is like seeing the world for the first time on many levels to truly feel in a part of me that will i suspect forever feel this now the ebbs and flows of the dao as never before, hints and glimpses i have had but never this.




A serenity pervades deeper than ever so firmly rooted yet flexible and blowsy as the veriest leaf.

Words are probably not adequate for the task and i am no wordsmith to forge those that do but intuition tells me this is not something that just happend it occured because the seeds had been well sown and cultivated.

Probably i have not done near enough justice to this experience or to its meaning and depth nor do i claim any special ability or knowledge i hope i've shared well enough to give something to those who read this.

peace to you
beccaxx

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Time

Saturday, 15. March 2008, 16:31:17




I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
The road to Cold Mountain that never ends.
The valleys are long and strewn with stones;
The streams broad and banked with thick grass.
Moss is slippery, though no rain has fallen;
Pines sigh, but it isn’t the wind.
Who can break from the snares of the world
And sit with me among the white clouds?

- Han-shan



Not much more to add to this sooner or later dao cultivators will understand.

peace to you
beccaxx

Daily Zen quote

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Tea and Zen

Saturday, 1. March 2008, 22:12:46




How high is your MIND POWER ?

The Zen master Hakuin used to tell his students about an old woman who owned a tea shop in the village. She was skilled in the tea ceremony, Hakuin said, and her understanding of Zen was superb. Many students wondered about this and went to the village themselves to check her out. Whenever the old woman saw them coming, she could tell immediately whether they had come to experience the tea, or to probe her grasp of Zen. Those wanting tea she served graciously. For the others wanting to learn about her Zen knowledge, she hid until they approached her door and then attacked them with a fire poker. Only one out of ten managed to escape her beating.

Dao and Zen are not always found in books and temples be open hearted and find dao in a cup of tea.

peace to you
beccaxx

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