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Name: Ramón Sender Barayón
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April 7, 2007

Knife, fork and spoon for the Bodhisattvas' table

Well, I just continue like the bumblebee who, although aerodynamically
unstable, just goes ahead and flies anyway.

How?

At the risk of repeating myself, I find that voluntary blinks keep me
out of my head and in the solar plexus center -- out of which we once
grew from a single cell. The question is, are these blinks 'self-arising'
or am I still caught up in the delusion of 'searching'?

Same goes for the 'resonant breath' and keeping the tongue tip between
the teeth.

Tongue between the teeth? Certainly that is 'doing something!'
However, when we 'concentrate' to thread a needle, we tend to put
the tongue tip between the teeth. When we relax the soft
palate to fall asleep, we dssolve into the 'resonant breath.'
So both these 'gestures' are natural ones that arise on
their own. As for these blinks, since we blink naturally, and we
can blink ourselves out of the thought stream, even with the eyes
closed, I don't see why not!

I don't feel as if I need any more than these three 'instruments' --
they're like the knife, fork and spoon at the table of the bodhi-
sattvas! The blink as the vajra thunderbolt, the ringing uvula/soft
palate as the ghanta (bell), the holding the tip of the tongue as
the -- oh heck, the whatever-you-want-to-call-it!

"Just pass the amrita, please -- in the human skull cup!"

Yum!

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