2012.03.25 _ 97

Enjoyed reading about mushin and mushy yesterday :-) Great story, Eliza, I wish I had had such a teacher when I was a teenager. btw, muga（無我）in muga-mushin means no-self, literally no-I. edited 21:07, 25 Mar 2012

It reminded me of 'The Parable of Mushin,' the last section of Joko beck's famous book 'Everyday Zen.' An interesting tale about seeking the 'train of enlightenment' while it is here in the ordinariness of life, all the time.
http://hack.org/mc/texts/the-parable-of-mushin.txt

Indeed, the train of enlightenment is right in the village :-)

Bracketing certain discrete experiences for open attention (like: shaving, or moving dish from rack to shelf).

The more transitions you notice, the more you notice things emerging from transitions, which itself becomes the original state. edited 00:32, 26 Mar 2012

thank you Zen... will read this tomorrow, have saved. :) And thanks Pema... somehow these words capture so much in a way that takes sentences and sentences in familiar English.

Transitions, thresholds, marking each moment... tonight I noticed that it can be disorienting to really be where I am... that though aware in some ways, when really staying, not going back nor forward, I took a moment to get used to okayness.