Religion and Spirituality

[Edward Schreiber]

From: edwschreiber at earthlink.net
Sent: Jan 9, 2009 10:43 PM


Although it's easy to have reactivity to the content of the Cohen and  
Wilbur exchange with this participant, the larger and more pressing  
concern being addressed (that is to say, to be addressed) is the  
question inherent to the exchange between Cohen, Wilbur and the  
participant, which is:  Is there such a thing as "enlightenment"  
which is what they are essentially talking about.  React as we will  
to the contect, the jibber, the words, the exchange, we are left  
still with that fundamental issue:  is there anything real to  
enlightenment which they are speaking about?  Certainly HH the Dalai  
Lama would argue, YES, enlightenment is inherent to the nature of the  
human being, albeit obscured with ego, discursive thought.  That this  
"enlightenment" is a process of being-present-with-enlightenment,  
which from the Zen teachings, is our "Original Nature" and our  
"Original Face" is the essence of what I hear Wilbur, Cohen and the  
participant talking about.  Moreno, in this state, while writing  
"Words of the Father" was from his own account touching upon and  
giving expression to this enlightened nature.  My thesis during my  
training with Zerka - was that our method offers a homeopathic dose  
of the transcendental, that is to say enlightened nature within us,  
within humanity. Zerka writes about the white-heat-of-action, the  
fullness of being awake in the present to the present From a Zen  
structure, this is the corridor, the entry-point to what these folks  
in this video are attempting to POINT TO.  There is a Zen Koan: Don't  
look AT the fingers pointing, look TO WHERE the fingers are pointing.  
In fact I believe that our method is about this state of being in its  
essence, what Zerka speaks and writes about: as our being cosmic  
beings.  We need not be ashamed of this as we adventure further into  
the fabric of the world and of psychotherapy.  Our method has been  
just this:  it goes beyond therapy. I did not particularly enjoy the  
Wilbur-Cohen-participant exchange.  I would have preferred someone  
ask the participant to role reverse with the state of being she was  
struggling to integrate.  We can do that!

Best,

Ed

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