The Case:
Zuigan called out to himself every day: "Master."
Then he answered himself: "Yes, sir."
And after that he added: "Become sober."
Again he answered: "Yes, sir."
"And after that," he continued, "do not be deceived by others."
"Yes, sir; yes, sir," he answered.
The Commentary:
Old Zuigan sells out and buys himself. He is opening a puppet show. He uses one mask to call "Master" and another that answers the master. Another mask says "Sober up" and another, "Do not be cheated by others." If anyone clings to any of his masks, he is mistaken, yet if he imitates Zuigan, he will make himself fox-like.
The Verse:
Some Zen students do not realize the true man in a mask
Because they recognize ego-soul.
Ego-soul is the seed of birth and death,
And foolish people call it the true man.
A Limerick:
A Zen master called himself over,
exhorted himself to get sober
and not be deceived.
How many was he?
Three masks or two men or a joker.
Me:
Is talking to yourself a stereotype of drunkenness in some places?
I don't think it's actually possible to talk to yourself or answer yourself. I think you can only go through a kind of formal analogue to dialogue but what you're doing is not "talking to" or "answering" anyone. I want to see if I can come to a point where I understand actual dialogue that way, and I'm curious whether one must be a jerk to do so.
What can I do with this: Talk to myself, pay attention to my own responses. Personal note: Despite seeing myself as being pretty well integrated and sympathetically understanding of my own disintegration, the idea of actually talking to myself gives me a lot of anxiety. Emotions well up. As per above I don't even want to admit its possibility. Something's up with that.
You:
?
Submitted January 12, 2020 at 02:45AM by Porn_Steal https://ift.tt/36LvX6j
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