FIRST I WANT TO SAY I HAVE ALOT OF RESPECT FOR GENPO ROSHI AND HAVE FOUND VALUE IN HIS WORK.  YET IT SEEMS TO ME MANY OF THE VOICES WE SEEM TO SPEAK FROM SEEM TO ME TO BE PAST BASED. THUS ARE LIMITED IN THERE ABILITY TO CREATE.  TO ME MUCH MORE EMPOWERING AND EXCITING WOULD BE TO SPEAK TO VOICES THAT CREATE INTO EXISTENCE .

PAST BASED VOICES SEEM TO" SPEAK ABOUT EXISTENCE," LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

FUTURE BASED VOICES "SPEAK INTO EXISTENCE "WHAT HASNT HAPPENED. THUS MAKING AVAILABLE A POWERFULL CONVERSATION THAT ROCKS THE EARTH , AND ROLLS THE HEAVENS.

SO EMPOWERING WHEN ONE CREATES  A  VOICE THAT SPEAKS INTO EXISTENCE AN ABSOLUTE CONVERSATION THAT HAS THE FUTURE BE ITS FOUNDATION ALL HAPPENING "NOW"

Bill:

I appreciate what you are pointing at.

I also believe it is very important to bear in mind that:

the initial voices that Genpo works us through are those dogged voices that we all carry around with us, without recognizing them or putting them in their proper place. They are the little tyrants and dictators that are running around banging their drums and constantly demanding to be heard.

So, we give them a chance to play their little drum solos, they feel good, and then we put them in a corner with a brownie button on their lapel, and they wag their feet and smile, and we move on to deeper and more creative voices who normally get drowned out by the little tyrants and dictators!

When you want to taste Big Mind, you sometimes have to mollify Ordinary Minds first.

SCHALK, VERY WELL SAID AND  I AGREE WITH  GIVING THESE PAST BASED VOICES SOME SPACE  AND THEY FEEL GOOD, AS YOU SAY, WHEN HEARD.  BUT IF THIS IS AN ONGOING PRACTICE LETS SAY FOR 5 OR MORE YEARS IT MAY BECOME APPARENT THAT ONES PAST IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT ONE GENERATING A FUTURE , FREE FROM PAST IDENTITES, AND FREE FROM PAST BASED CONVERSATIONS.

I SAY LETS PUT THE PAST IN THE PAST WHERE IT BELONGS IN THE PAST AND BEGIN SPEAKING A LANGUAGE THAT CALLS FORTH A FUTURE THAT MAKES OUR " ORIGINAL FACE" SMILE AND CLAP WITH APPLAUSE FOR WE NOW CAN SPEAK FOR AND FROM THE VOICE OF GOD, AS A POSSIBILITY, NOT AS SOME DOGMA.