Dogen 2001 Letting go of expectations leads to letting go of memory. Letting go of memory leads to letting go of the search. Letting go of the search leads to letting go of the self mechanism. Letting go of the self mechanism leads to letting go of the machinery of suffering Letting go of the machinery of suffering leads to allowing Awareness to stand free, which leads to see things as they truly Are, and abiding in the Nature of all things.

Party Host As the grog of sleep slowly dissipates, I become the day. Light, sounds, sensation fill the space of awareness with no center to meet them nor react to them. The day doesn't judge or evaluate. It lets the eternal dance play right on through like Kali on Shiva, with no beginning or end, the perfect host. With no distinction between body-mind and awareness all edges are erased. The great space of Being is boundless. Just as the day, one become a perfect host and the body, undistinguished from the great body of Being. lets the dance of phenomena play its endless game.