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December 3 2023

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Audio September 3, 2024

Stepping Off the Hundred-Foot Pole

John Tarrant

Koans
Shishuang's Hundred-Foot Pole (GG46)(BS79)
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creativity, December 3 2023, hundred-foot pole, leaving, not knowing, risk, Shishuang, Sunday Talks
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For all creative activity we must step from a high place without guarantees. There is something exhilarating about that act. That’s the way to live!

39' 1"
Video August 28, 2024

Stepping Off the Hundred-Foot Pole

John Tarrant

Koans
Shishuang's Hundred-Foot Pole (GG46)(BS79)
Tags
creativity, December 3 2023, hundred-foot pole, leaving, not knowing, risk, Shishuang, Sunday Talks, the unknown
Category
Video

This was the first koan I ever spoke on. I had a very small audience and was not convinced that I should teach. I think I unconsciously chose this koan without realizing that I was taking a risk and plunging into the unknown.

39' 1"