Closer

by on December 17, 2011 in Zen

I love it when you dress in blue!


 

We are stuck in an idea of who we are. Our true nature, the lost coin, is very close – always there.

It is closer than everything we experience, closer than our blood and bones, closer than our thoughts.

Our thoughts block the way.

 

In daily life we study the self. We call this study  mechanics. We investigate the habitual positions we cling to.

What would be if we weren’t stuck in the self?

What would we do if we weren’t stuck in our positions?

 

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15 Responses to “Closer”

  1. Ronald Boggs December 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm #

    We would be just as we are, which writes this just now as it came through the window and flew wide open spaces, leaving me alone.

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    • Daniel Doen Silberberg December 18, 2011 at 12:58 pm #

      Thank you Ron and what if anything would you do differently.

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      • Ronald Boggs December 18, 2011 at 3:12 pm #

        Thank you for your reply. Revise to: here with everyone, sucking on a mint.

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  2. Sam December 18, 2011 at 8:03 am #

    I eat the cookies and drink the tea.

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    • Daniel Doen Silberberg December 18, 2011 at 12:59 pm #

      Thank you for your comment Sam. Why do people interested in Zen always drink tea? What about coffee, coke, red bull. :)

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  3. Elena James December 18, 2011 at 12:54 pm #

    We would be free and open and connected.

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  4. Daniel Doen Silberberg December 18, 2011 at 1:00 pm #

    Thanks you Elena, what about the doing part?

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  5. Nathan December 18, 2011 at 2:33 pm #

    We would do the same things we do now, with less strife for those around us.

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  6. Jacqui December 19, 2011 at 9:09 am #

    We would go with the flow and be present and spontaneous

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  7. Daniel Doen Silberberg December 19, 2011 at 10:12 am #

    Hi Jaqui. Thank you for all the supportive comments you make.I can picture you doing just that right now, probobly on your horse

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  8. Liz December 19, 2011 at 5:53 pm #

    everything and everyone would be one. we would love

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  9. Rebecca December 20, 2011 at 12:39 pm #

    I would sleep. Is that a doing or a not-doing? Either way, I would sleep. Then sit. Then read.

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  10. Jeff Markham December 22, 2011 at 2:31 pm #

    Pondering this question makes me antsy. I can’t find the rabbit hole.

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  11. Chris December 23, 2011 at 3:19 am #

    I would do what I do and enjoy it. To use the conditional makes me feel a little moony because it raises the question, if this is what I’d do, why I don’t do what I do and enjoy it?

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