Holding To the "Host" Position!

[Shi Da Dao]

Ch'an training requires the finding of the 'host' position - before the 'host' position can be held to in all circumstance. The mind essence (the 'Mind Ground') is empty, thhree-dimensional and luminous. The Empty Mind Ground embraces the mind, body and permeates out - through the entire environment. I would not call it 'religious' - but rather 'factual' - but individuals are free to interpret such a state as they see fit. Never being attached to the 'void' whilst not being hindered by phenomena is NOT a rejection of the 'host' - far from it - but rather a different way for the 'Host' to accommodate the 'Guest'. The test is to immerse yourself into everyday affairs - and whilst 'immersed' (like 'Vimalakirti') NOT to lose sight of the 'Host'! I think that at the point of physical death - all that comprises an 'individual' literally 'folds-in' upon itself - and dissolves into the 'Host'. All is peace and luminosity.