Yours is the best seat in the house

A poet wrote, « life
on the doorstep of the Absolute… »

But…
What if there is no doorstep.
What if everything is street-level.
You don’t need a special pass or a ticket to enter. No reservations necessary.
It’s your life, and you have the best seat in the house today.

Par zenscribe|2015-10-02T20:06:45+01:00juin 6th, 2008|Textes|4 Commentaires

À propos de l'auteur : zenscribe

Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste. The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.

4 Commentaires

big eyes 11 juin 2008 à 12 h 53 min - Répondre

I am soo happy
Tu es cela 8 juin 2008 à 18 h 29 min - Répondre

Indeed:
There is no barrier.
We are the only barrier keeping us away from what is, from ourselves.
Ting 8 juin 2008 à 11 h 29 min - Répondre

The Gateless Barrier is not somewhere else.

That’s why we can’t find it when we search for it.

Is that what you are saying?
little white cloud 6 juin 2008 à 22 h 00 min - Répondre

Absurd Absolute – Absolute Absurde
(installation 1986)
The still point where opposites are just both sides of the same coin.

The absolute as a projection of our linear "goal"-thinking in time?
The most sophisicated confirmation of ourself? in a spiritual way…

"The unbareble lightness of being"…

Yours is the best seat in the house