tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420869610239298943.post8740640691298335870..comments2023-09-11T05:15:34.376-07:00Comments on The Ino's Blog: Night ZazenCaitlin Burnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444642092645193007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420869610239298943.post-1258994808644617152013-05-16T10:36:06.895-07:002013-05-16T10:36:06.895-07:00My Gosh...my dearest Mother...imparted a similar t...My Gosh...my dearest Mother...imparted a similar teaching when I was just learning to walk independently...unaided by her guiding hands. <br /><br />I clearly remember her earnestly looking down into my face, as we were about to step off for the first time into the unfamiliar and unknown landscape of our neighborhood. Just before we stepped together off the edge of the sidewalk, she put her finger to her lips as a sign for me to interrupt my incessant stream of questions to her about this exciting new landscape...and then there it was...the directive that I will never forget.<br /><br />"Sweetheart, always, ALWAYS remember...STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN, BEFORE YOU CROSS THE STREET"<br /><br />Looking up into her face I could see such a deep and earnest concern about my safety as we set out into the unknown, and it deeply imprinted into my psyche, that stopping, looking and listening was integral to my making my way in the world. That I could better know...and therefore be in right relationship to what what was before me, if I would pause and stop and look and listen.<br /><br />Dearest Ino, dearest Mom...Thanks so much for this lesson in the Dharma.<br /><br />Deep Bows to You Both,<br /><br />SophiaSophianoreply@blogger.com