{"id":341,"date":"2009-05-02T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/05\/not-unlike-a-bridge-an-announcement-for-former-students\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T15:48:00","slug":"not-unlike-a-bridge-an-announcement-for-former-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2009\/05\/not-unlike-a-bridge-an-announcement-for-former-students.html","title":{"rendered":"Not Unlike a Bridge: An Announcement for Former Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve had a full week with with my 53rd birthday and a local-Zen-people meeting. In the process, I\u2019ve neglected this blog a bit but I\u2019m warming up my blog mind now for another <\/span>Genjokoan<\/span><\/span> post. <\/span><\/p>\n

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We had a strong session this morning during Saturday morning practice, digesting this passage:\n

<\/p><\/span>See forms with the whole body-mind, hear sounds with the whole body-mind \u2013 intimate knowing!<\/span><\/span> <\/span>It is not like reflections in a mirror or the moon in water. When one side is illuminated, the other side is dark.<\/span><\/span>\n

It seems that I\u2019ve passed over the depth of this passage in previous work with this Genjo-bugger<\/span> so it is fun to meet it again. It\u2019s just like <\/p><\/span>Dongshan\u2019s \u201cNo Heat, No Cold.\u201d<\/span><\/a> Anyway, I\u2019ll get to that probably tomorrow because now I\u2019ve got something I want to put out there in cyberspace, kind of a note in a bottle. Then I\u2019m going out to bike and have dinner.\n

The announcement has to do with my leaving Clouds in Water Zen Center five years ago. At the above mentioned meeting (Reb Anderson was there too), a number of rumors came to the surface but for now just this one: I was told that some former students would like to meet with me for closure but they\u2019ve heard that I only meet with people who commit to be my students. So let me be clear:<\/p>\n

If you are a former student and would like to meet with me, just use the email on the sidebar and let me know. I\u2019m up for meeting with you to listen to what you have to say.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n

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