tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post7092609981072955213..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 3.5; The Readiness Is AllMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-55682844174643403512008-12-19T09:30:00.000-08:002008-12-19T09:30:00.000-08:00Thank you for asking, Raymond.In the words of Chum...Thank you for asking, Raymond.<BR/><BR/>In the words of Chumbawumba:<BR/><BR/>"I get knocked down, but I get up again. You are never going to keep me down."<BR/><BR/>Maybe there is too much exuberance in those words. Old age and death are going to get us all, if sickness doesn't get us first. <BR/><BR/>But in the meantime we sit, sometimes holding ourselves upright bodily, unconsciously, with too much rigidity; sometimes doing the dialectical opposite, by directing ourselves up mentally, consciously, wishing for release; and sometimes something else takes over -- the anti-gravity reflexes, spontaneous flow of energy up along the spine... whatever it is. <BR/><BR/>So there are these three kinds of ascendance at least -- physical, mental, and body and mind dropping off.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-9017027968558481762008-12-19T08:45:00.000-08:002008-12-19T08:45:00.000-08:00Mike, Can you say anything more about the ascendan...Mike, <BR/><BR/>Can you say anything more about the ascendant aspect of Zen practice? <BR/><BR/>RaymondAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com