I generally don’t believe that dreams or omens come from a place with some special connection to the truth, but if following a clue from a mysterious source is cheap, I generally follow it. If one doesn’t accept prompts to go on an adventure, one cannot reasonably claim disappointment if life has too few adventures.
There was no special connection to the truth in this koan. It was actually a little lame- just my brain pattern-matching. But pattern matching can do some odd things things. I won’t reach enlightenment with this koan- I’ve already followed it as far as it will go. It was “where is your voice located.” It’s a very “if a tree falls in the forest” type of koan, but I learned just a little from following it in its expected loop.
Would you be willing to share the koan?
I generally don’t believe that dreams or omens come from a place with some special connection to the truth, but if following a clue from a mysterious source is cheap, I generally follow it. If one doesn’t accept prompts to go on an adventure, one cannot reasonably claim disappointment if life has too few adventures.
There was no special connection to the truth in this koan. It was actually a little lame- just my brain pattern-matching. But pattern matching can do some odd things things. I won’t reach enlightenment with this koan- I’ve already followed it as far as it will go. It was “where is your voice located.” It’s a very “if a tree falls in the forest” type of koan, but I learned just a little from following it in its expected loop.