Daniel Doen Silberberg Sensei talks about the first two Koans of the Blue Cliff Record and the ability to not know, as opposed to thinking that you know things. Knowing restricts you; not knowing is an open field.
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYVixd2Okk4
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA4HNz_4aVY
The arts can be ways of expressing insights in a direct intuitive way. They can speak to the emotional intelligence as well as conveying understanding and realization. There is a history of this in Zen and in the Fourth Way. We intend to develop this aspect of practice as part of Lost Coin. As a first offering this is a short piece of music named Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha – a Koan in The Blue Cliff Record. It presents a reconciliation of the dualities of long and short time and the positive and negative of life experiences.
Many of us tend to favor our intellect in our quest for “knowing.” Conscious art can inform the emotions and body. We could call this fuller knowing “understanding.” Understanding has greater potency and is more likely to inform our being and actions.
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