I can say
that I do all sorts of dance
but actually
I just sit round the edge
and wish I wasn’t there at all
collecting juxtapositions
you asked me to dance*
but I only really know to dance
with a twist of notice
and a blink of linger …
as I wandered
through the days thinking of rejoinder
I stirred a cup of tea
the bag twirled
and clung to the spoon
but I kept on
stirring more slowly about the edge
and the bag
just spun at first then trailed
even after I lifted out the spoon
and added milk
Student: Is it that hope and fear have to fade away before the –
Trungpa Rinpoche: before the dance can take place. Yes, definitely.
Student: What you’re saying is that you have to take the first step …
Trungpa Rinpoche: Yes, you have to be pushed into it …
Student: Are you pushing?
Trungpa Rinpoche: I think so**
* I started writing this with Sarah Jane Jacobson who used to run a blog on WordPress; I kept on demurring that she was too young and energetic for me, so it came to nothing; I’ve just re-found my parts and doodled with them bittersweetly
** selected exchanges between Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and students during the Crazy Wisdom Seminar at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, December 1972 (compiled into ‘Crazy Wisdom‘, Shambhala, 1991, page 35)
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Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche wormhole: first a mishap then clear vision
dancing wormhole: sight / seeing
identity wormhole: Detective Comics #345
living wormhole: the endless acts of life
tea wormhole: dawn
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