tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post2242725020865104671..comments2023-12-16T16:12:08.051-08:00Comments on Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization: Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-44293180388962441822012-06-02T09:11:13.213-07:002012-06-02T09:11:13.213-07:00Hi Mr. Muzika. I know you've kind of dissociat...Hi Mr. Muzika. I know you've kind of dissociated yourself from Zen, but I was wondering whether you wanted to comment on Case 29 of the Blue Cliff Record? Sorry if this isn't the best place to post this. <br /><br />A monk asked Daizui,<br /> "When the great kalpa fire is inflamed, the whole universe will be destroyed. I wonder if 'that' will also be destroyed or not."<br /><br />Daizui said,<br /> "Destroyed."<br /><br />The monk said,<br /> "If so, will 'that' be gone with the other?"<br /><br />Daizui said,<br /> "Gone with the other."<br /><br />On another note, I'd like to thank you for both this blog and your other websites. They've been a tremendously helpful resource over the years. I don't like being melodramatic, but I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I appreciate the guidance you have (unknowingly) given to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-35111422495697611822012-06-01T09:43:32.957-07:002012-06-01T09:43:32.957-07:00Fantastic letter. I wish I could meet the person ...Fantastic letter. I wish I could meet the person and become friends with her. I have many questions to ask as my brief path so far has been so similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-38569718781596749202012-06-01T09:31:43.234-07:002012-06-01T09:31:43.234-07:00Hi Ed,
Your comment about Adi Da caught my attent...Hi Ed,<br /><br />Your comment about Adi Da caught my attention and I wondered if you would be kind enough to elaborate a little. I, too, spent time with him, almost 10 years. My experiences were wonderful, life-changing, but in the end left me puzzled and not quite sure what to make of the whole thing. I never doubted his realization, and he certainly employed virtually any and all means to 'cook' his students, along with amazing displays/transmission of Siddhi and Presence and Love. I have never in my life met anyone so free and happy. <br /><br />I had already spent time in Zen (including Tassajara), sat with Muktananda, Krishnamurti, Trungpa, and various other 60s and 70s gurus. But nobody in the community gathered around Adi Da(that I knew) really 'woke up'. We all became more 'human' and much more sobered about what the spiritual process really and truly entailed. But he was a one-off, no lineage bearers. Did Robert ever say anything about him?<br /><br />Thank you for your site and the wisdom you communicate. It's refreshingly deep compared to the rather shallow pool of new age advaitans.<br /><br />-MichaelUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14340315719703448361noreply@blogger.com