{"id":2989,"date":"2020-10-23T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2020-10-24T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T09:45:08","slug":"the-third-position-neither-here-nor-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/?p=2989","title":{"rendered":"The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There<\/h3>\n

It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the door, lighting a candle.<\/p>\n

In the past IT abides.<\/p>\n

In the future IT abides.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t ask, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

You seek an answer with a hammer.<\/p>\n

Pounding on the fog you think you will make a break and see through.<\/p>\n

Stay still and turn.<\/p>\n

Make the turn and hear the echoes of habits and wishes.<\/p>\n

Feel the striving gut that wants something more.<\/p>\n

Wait.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t hurry away.<\/p>\n

It is the Way.<\/p>\n

Endless turning until<\/p>\n

The floor of the mind collapses.<\/p>\n

Stop the hunt for the other.<\/p>\n

Stop the chase.<\/p>\n

You stalk a reply.<\/p>\n

Respond without worry.<\/p>\n

When you smell smoke, yell, \u201cFire!\u201d<\/p>\n

When you see the table holds the cup,<\/p>\n

See the cup hold the tea!<\/p>\n

Look through.<\/p>\n

See, neither here, nor there,<\/p>\n

Neither this, nor that.<\/p>\n

It is all around you.<\/p>\n

When you stand or sit, it is there.<\/p>\n

It is buoyant cheers of scorpions and pigeons,<\/p>\n

That you kill and stuff with your conclusions.<\/p>\n

You cry, \u201cHow do I help?\u201d<\/p>\n

No hands, no harm.<\/p>\n

You cry, \u201cHave I gone too far?\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither far, nor near.<\/p>\n

You cry, \u201cWhat is the point?\u201d<\/p>\n

The sun, the moon and the stars.<\/p>\n

When you give up the wish for something else, something more<\/p>\n

You are home.<\/p>\n

Then, once and now<\/p>\n

There is nothing that escapes the past, the future, the present.<\/p>\n

Your plans show the hidden tenants.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe. My. Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Safety boxes and storage houses overflow with false ideas.<\/p>\n

You pound your hammer with great desire and fail to hear the wondrous voice.<\/p>\n

When you realize the heart drums without a score and the ear hears without direction<\/p>\n

You sit near the edge of the flowing river.<\/p>\n

When wishes for and against subside<\/p>\n

And the nose smells without form<\/p>\n

The bees suckle the flowers and gestures of life wave<\/p>\n

To awaken the unfulfilled.<\/p>\n

\"Humming<\/h4>\n

Author: Fashi Lao Yue<\/p>\n

ZATMA is not a blog.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If for some reason you need elucidation on the teaching,<\/p>\n

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The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the door, lighting a candle. In the past IT abides. In the future IT abides. But don\u2019t ask, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d You seek an answer with a hammer. Pounding on the fog you think you will make… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashi-lao-yue"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zatma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}