Case
After zazen one evening Porcupine asked, "We examine turning points as our practice. What is the pivot on which this study turns?"Verse
Raven said, "The large intestine."
Porcupine asked, "So, it's all physical?"
Raven said, "All physical, all mental, all moral, all spiritual, all void, all material."
Porcupine thought about this and finally asked, "What's the upshot?"
Raven said, "Trout in the pool, lilies on the bank."
Everywhere: things in their place.
Everywhere: things turning --
themselves, each other,
thee and me.
Nowhere: a place that isn't a turning point.
Case by Robert Aitken; introduction and verse by Meredith Garmon
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