Comments on: Seen on the road

By: Ted Biringer

Ted Biringer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:10:43 +0000

Wait, I see a sign way up there…
This has to be it! What does it say….?

“NEXT SIGN 600 Miles”

Oh good, just 600 miles more!

What would we do if we ran out of signs?

Mike Cross, the translater of the voluminous 4 Book, “Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo” recently posted a comment that may be of interest here:

“So, like deaf old men, trying to discern a far-off signal, using small transistor radios with batteries that are almost flat, we persevere… until eventually one day we hear a human voice repeatedly telling us something in a foreign language: ….NI ARAZU! ….NI ARAZU! We look it up in the dictionary and the message translates as:

Not it!”

~Mike Cross

Yes! Yes! And what a wonderful ride it is!
Ted Biringer

By: nonduality

nonduality — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:58:42 +0000

Thanks CP, insomniac, and Vicki. Vicki’s essay ripples with humor and seeing. It appears in Nonduality Highlights issue #3214: http://nonduality.com/hl3214.htm

By: Vicki Woodyard

Vicki Woodyard — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:36:17 +0000

This is original…like origami. Makes me wonder…why doesn’t the desert announce billboards Or why the sea doesn’t label its waves. Well, I’m off to write THAT essay. Thanks for the inspiration.

By: insomniac

insomniac — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:35:27 +0000

Can’t say i completely agree… talking about spirituality fits the bill, for sure. The analogy makes sense to an old desert rat.

cheers,
jim

By: C.P. McDill

C.P. McDill — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:22:15 +0000

I do believe that is the best simile for “Spirituality” I’ve ever seen.