This felt like a breath of fresh air. It’s so easy to get caught up in the pressure to do, to prove, to push. But your reminder to simply be without guilt, without expectation hit home. You’ve put it into words so gently.
When you are “intimate” you have forgotten yourself; this is the no-trace of Eihei Dōgen; the “not knowing” of Bodhidharma. From this perspective, intimacy can mean non-dual wisdom or wisdom beyond wisdom itself. This is what happens when you just be without being.
This felt like a breath of fresh air. It’s so easy to get caught up in the pressure to do, to prove, to push. But your reminder to simply be without guilt, without expectation hit home. You’ve put it into words so gently.
Thank you for the sweet (and poetic) response! Per your last word, I'm continually reminded of how gentleness is a practice.
Thank you for your lovely descriptions.
Consider:
When you are “intimate” you have forgotten yourself; this is the no-trace of Eihei Dōgen; the “not knowing” of Bodhidharma. From this perspective, intimacy can mean non-dual wisdom or wisdom beyond wisdom itself. This is what happens when you just be without being.
Questions?
None that I can think of :) Thank you for this reflection