Writing the Marrow

[pilarkristine]

Dogen Zenji, 13th century Zen monk made famous by his collection of Buddhist teachings, Shobogenzo, would say to students who realized his point of practice: "You have got my marrow."  I've been doing a lot of Shobogenzo study these days, in an effort to connect a little more deeply with the founder of my Soto lineage.  But it's ironic, I think, to

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[pilarkristine]

Sometimes I think that's all we've got-- those questions, you know? But I love what Persian mystic Rumi said of it: that longing IS the connection. So I translate that as, right in the heart of that unknowing-ness, and that wishing to know deeply, that is just where the knowing lives. We have it right in our hearts, like some treasure we misplaced. And consequently, that seems to be just where the déithe speak to us, isn't it?

[pilarkristine]

Hey! You have got my marrow :) Thank you.

[pilarkristine]

OMG I *just* got that, that is so hilarious!

(...unless it truly is some ancient Tibetan mantra, and I have just offended you by comparing you to Cookie Monster, in which case I apologise, but it's damn funny anyway.)