Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Nisargadatta , " Bill Rishel " <plexus@a...> wrote: > I see such " regressions " as leading to a " popping of the bubble " . > That is the nature of inquiry/koan in general. > It is a way of inducing the tiger to give up the chase, > not by *convincing* the tiger, but by *melting* the > tiger into the shimmering Now. > > Bill In the utter nowness which this is, the tiger can't think that he's emerged or not emerged, to comment or not comment. ROOOWWWRRRRR! -- Dan P.S. There was a song back in the fifties by Connie Stevens that went: " Teach me, Tiger. " And she punctuated this invitation by going, " Roooowwrrr " ... Okay, okay, so she wasn't talking about a koan. Still, it was the fifties, and she probably never heard of Jack Kerouak, anyway. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 > I see such " regressions " as leading to a " popping of the bubble " . > That is the nature of inquiry/koan in general. > It is a way of inducing the tiger to give up the chase, > not by *convincing* the tiger, but by *melting* the > tiger into the shimmering Now. > > Bill In the utter nowness which this is, the tiger can't think that he's emerged or not emerged, to comment or not comment. ROOOWWWRRRRR! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What tiger? Uhhh... could you pass the butter? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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