It’s All OK!!

Rereading recent writings here, I see that thing creeping in again: that we need to be “fixed”! This time, creeping in in a very subtle way: I’ve been making the dichotomy between the discursive mind and intuitive knowing. And saying that the former is almost “bad” - to be gotten rid of - and the latter is almost “good” - the True Self, etc….

That wonderful thing - paradox - that Dogen, Brad Warner, etc., demonstrate so well in their writings, appears again here! Look above! Now I’m making another dichotomy: that the idea there’s something to be “fixed” is almost “bad”, and total acceptance is almost “good”!

Well, as Dogen, et al, say, “Delusion is enlightenment; enlightenment is delusion”.

Again, words somewhat fail….

But, here’s the thing:

It’s all ok! I.e., the discursive thoughts - even the negative, “erroneous” ones; the intuitive wisdom, the cravings, the open awareness; the idea of a self, the realizations of Oneness…ALL of it - are to be accepted!

And, let go of!

That may be the key, the way! To accept it all. Moment-to-moment, whatever it is.

And - vital - letting go and moving on to the next moment.

Not judging; just being!

Again, language fails and another dichotomy is created.

Judging: bad; being: good!

But as far as the limits of language will allow, we can describe a way of doing, of being, of living that is open to life, to Reality…

Again: accept it all; let go of all; be here, in this moment, then the next, then the next…