{"id":11796,"date":"2023-04-01T10:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T16:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2023-04-01T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T16:55:41","slug":"april-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2023\/04\/april-thank-you.html","title":{"rendered":"April Thank You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"stackable mb-xs\">\n<h3 class=\"sc-jJoQJp gFxXxp\"><span class=\"sc-cLqoAx jQrbkn\" data-tag=\"post-title\">April \u201923 Thank You!<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-kRqKYU gonnPU sc-auqbC bKryGU\" data-tag=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here\u2019s my less-than-four-minute video about what\u2019s been happening at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/doshoport\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dosho Port@Patreon<\/a>, what\u2019s coming up, and a little about a $9,000 three-day mindfulness retreat that I have <u>not<\/u> been invited to teach at. Oh, and it\u2019s in Cancun. This is NOT an April Fool\u2019s Day gag.<\/p>\n<p>For readers of this Wild Fox Zen blog, above is my monthly appeal for your support. You can be a Patreon subscriber for $9 a month. I dual post most of my work, so becoming a Patron is more about offering support than getting a lot of \u201ccontent\u201d (as they say) that isn\u2019t available elsewhere. There are some posts, of course, that I limit to Patrons, especially those of a more personal nature, including my photos and videos. Posts at Patreon are also \u201cad free.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s more<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s a passage that I quote from Keizan\u2019s <em>Denk\u014droku<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cAn ancient said: \u2018Studying the way is like making a fire by drilling: when you encounter smoke, you must not rest even a bit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a passage from Keizan\u2019s <em>Denk\u014droku<\/em> that I thought I might quote, but didn\u2019t:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen one makes full use of one\u2019s power in a single go, this is \u2018attaining fire.\u2019 As for the \u2018smoke\u2019 mentioned here, what does it represent? Suppose that, when one encounters the skillful instruction of a good friend, there is a situation where a single moment of thought does not arise: this is the moment when one \u2018encounters smoke.\u2019 To come to a standstill here, to suddenly rest, is like \u2018resting\u2019 when it [the wooden drill bit] becomes warm. But if one keeps going, one will see flame.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April \u201923 Thank You! Here\u2019s my less-than-four-minute video about what\u2019s been happening at Dosho Port@Patreon, what\u2019s coming up, and a little about a $9,000 three-day mindfulness retreat that I have not been invited to teach at. Oh, and it\u2019s in Cancun. This is NOT an April Fool\u2019s Day gag. 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