盗人に取り残されし窓の月
the thief
left it
the moon at my window
—Ryokan
nusubito ni / torinokosareshi / mado no tsuki
zen buddhist doctor
tells of his time in Gaza --
the quiet of the telling
Monday, April 06, 2026
there is here, here is there
easter monday
Zenki is a key term in Zen, especially used by Eihei Dogen, meaning undivided activity, that all phenomena, every moment, every action, and every aspect of reality is part of one seamless, interdependent functioning. From this perspective, we are part of a whole organism that is characterized by impermanence, interdependence, and emptiness of a separate self. Every moment is complete. Every action expresses the whole; there is no fixed or separate self, and each activity is undivided from all other activities. (--Roshi Joan Halifax, “The Life That Is Forever, 16Dec2025)
woman tossed water on me
I should have known
rituals want to be performed
at prison we talk about causes
and conditions, about what we
really think of death, our gone parents;
dog walks in with stern trainer
lays down, lowers head, it's his fate
to do what is asked of him right now
"advaita"(अद्वैत), "not-two"[9][10] or
“one without a second",[10] [wikipedia]
maybe we’re not in a simulation
perhaps theater-pieces, scene after scene
performed, then ended, costumes changed
walking out into night air, stars surprise
i dunno, it’s a training
I wonder
If being
Resurrected
Is like
Waking up
After anesthesia
You know you've
Been gone
But that’s it
Maybe I’ll feel
That way
After a dream
I am wearing
A tuxedo at an
Italian something
Happy, I suppose,
To be there, and
Of some service
Without a clue
What, where
Or why
Sunday, April 05, 2026
morning meditation
(vertikalität), easter with wittgenstein
1
Denk nicht nach – schau hin.
Don’t think, look.
2.
Worüber man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence
3.
Die Unruhe in der Philosophie rührt daher, dass Philosophen die Philosophie gänzlich verkehrt betrachten und sehen – nämlich gewissermaßen in (unendliche) horizontale Streifen zerlegt, anstatt in (endliche) vertikale Streifen.(1) Diese Neuordnung des Verständnisses bereitet die größte Schwierigkeit.
Unrest in philosophy comes from philosophers looking at, seeing, philosophy all wrong, i.e., cut up into (infinite) horizontal strips, as it were, rather than (finite) vertical strips.(1) This reordering of understanding creates the greatest difficulty,
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In other words:
1. See what is there/here.
2. Revere authentic silence.
3. However difficult, chin up, look up.