[Gallen writes: Try this state of non thought. As sounds happen, don't shift to "listen", just hold that emptiness. (snip) You can experience all those things, but still base in that stillness. Hard to describe!]
After that outdoor meditation, my wife mentioned to me that she had been out sitting at the picnic table. Although I was not focused on her movements or presence, I could describe to her where she walked, sat and moved as well as some related events like a rain of acorns falling immediately after she left moved away, yet none while she sat. There was a non-focused, global awareness.
Reminds me of the story of "Everyday Zen," where a disciple went to visit the master thinking he was ready for the title "master." The master asked him where and how he placed his umbrella when he entered the house. The disciple couldn't remember which way the handle was pointing and so realized that he was not ready.
The idea being; it's one thing to experience satori, quite another to exist there.
Regarding the "three pure ones," I am not quite willing to accept that nothing became three. The duality emerging from One makes sense to me philosophically and even in terms of modern day physics. What would the relationship of the 3 energies be? If 3 why not 6? However please understand that I am not attached to these theories, I just enjoy the mind play.
Michael
