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$\"\"$ <\/a>Over at his wonderful blog, Wild Fox Zen<\/a>, teacher Dosho Port talks about the supernatural in Zen.<\/p>\n

He quotes Dogen, our ancestor, on the subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe four elements of supernormal powers are: the supernormal power of desire, the supernormal power of the mind, the supernormal power of effort, and the supernormal power of contemplation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The real magic\u2026<\/p>\n

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