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Full Idea
At the point of sleep when sleep has not yet come and external wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed.
Gist of Idea
Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep
Source
Anon (Cent) (Centring [c.500 BCE], 50)
Book Ref
'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones', ed/tr. Reps,Paul [Penguin 1971], p.157
A Reaction
One for Heidegger. The problem with eastern philosophy is that no one expects that this revelation could be put into words, so we cannot compare our revelations of being, or pass them on to others. Which means they can't be criticised.
| 8234 | Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8227 | Feel your whole body saturated with cosmic essence [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8233 | Imagine fire burning up your whole body, but not you [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8228 | Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8229 | The serenity in blue sky beyond clouds [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8230 | Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8231 | Abandon attachment to body, and feel the joy of being everywhere [Anon (Cent)] |
| 8232 | Neglect your self, and feel the consciousness of each other being [Anon (Cent)] |