I guess I have had a vision recently, it was at tassajara and one night during meditation a great big tree sprouted out from my mind, it being golden and with a magical quality to it. I was questioning what was going to come with zen practice and I suppose the vision answered with this great golden elm-looking tree. What's funny is that my current google plus picture accurately shows what I saw/felt during the vision, I wasn't trying to take a picture with that tree behind me but it happened that way and I only noticed the other week
"I can only note the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past. " - Virginia Woolf
I've been thinking about this a lot recently.. The past seems so alive and certain emotions were so strong, but when I try to feel this emotion in the present it's not as strong. I wonder what I'll feel in the future looking back at these times
Just finished Virginia Woolf's book "To the Lighthouse", some lines and paragraphs just made me fly. Beautiful, beautiful writing, I think the best I've read till now. I'm thinking I'll read "Confederacy Of The Dunces" next?
One of the best things about the book is how I'll return to it in a couple years and it will take on a completely new meaning
Andrew decided to say nice things about my vision of the mind tree, really i don't seem to care much for the praise. When he complimented my shikantaza is when I did a bit of a dance
Computer should be fixed soon, replacing the SATA cable and hopefully the thing will start working so I can start writing
how long ago is that ?
ReplyDeletethe vision ? it was august 2013 at tassajara
DeleteI think part of it had to do with finding a teacher
DeleteIn fact it definitely did
Deletethe vision basically takes you to the top of the class, no zen teacher has much to teach you, its just a going forward on your part for the rest of your life, unpleasant and gruelling as that is !
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