“Together
with his waking life (his dreams) form a single tapestry of brilliant
colors and scenes." -H.Kawai, The Buddhist Priest Myoe: A life of Dreams. |
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I had
a stone. There was an eye in the stone. The eye was white, not pure white, but a bit darkened. The stone jumped, as if alive. When I put it down it moved like a fish on land. The name of the stone was Sekigan, Stone-eye. |
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A kind of
fish was hung from the roof. Inside, the fish decayed, and became nothing. One of its eyes looked like it was about to fall out. |
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Besides the fish,
there was a dried-out animal. It had four legs and holes in its back. |
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A woman held it.
She said, "How could such a noble person as I kill such an animal as this?" I thought, The animal is the woman. |
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Laying on
the ground, the creature said, Please, hang me up again. It seemed to be in extraordinary pain. I consoled it, and thought: It's used to being high, and wants to be up there again. |