September 26, 2020

Since I wrote about the double bind experience in the Pandemic yesterday, and the potential to go beyond the fixed confounded dilemmas, I thought would post and illustrative example from Zen (Susan Nettleton):

 

“When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is not yet painting Spring.”

― Eihei Dogen  (1200-1253)