audit036@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (--->D.L.) (07/23/90)
In article <1303@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, KWOK@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU writes: > In article (Mike Taylor) writes: >> The problem I have is understanding what is meant by stuff like "when >> you travel east, you also travel west", and "the present becomes the >> past and the past becomes the present". > > I haven't read the book, but let me try to... > The main question is "Do Space and Time have beginning and end". > The meaning of above sentences becomes clear if we interpret them > that space and time are cyclic. > You are presenting quotes from koans, These are not for UNDERSTANDING, but on the contrary, a device to STOP the understanding mind, since they are obviously contradictory. The source will be either Chan or Zen & the attempt is at transcendence. i.e. bypass the mind & attcch directly to experience. And, NO I'm not there, just reading & experimenting. David. -- >>> between fact and fantasy there is a thin zone, the creative zone <<<-> D.L.