Metaphors :

The wisest fish are gathering in the depths of the ocean to discuss the age old question concerning whether or not water exists.

Moonsun will speak solely about things which have never
existed before at any place. Listen with this understanding.

In each and every book of the Tip of the Writing Brush we are reminded that no one understands what is being taught. One interpretation of why that is the case is that our imaginations tend to take the many metaphors in the poems literally, while simultaneously viewing the literal fundamental teaching as a metaphor. The result of that reversal is of course a worldly common understanding of the poems, which we are taught amounts to a total misunderstanding of what is intended. 

It is intended that we literally understand that the entire universe is one single being. The way to do that is to awaken from the self-centered dream that denies that original and fundamental truth. The metaphors below are intended to shape that self-centered dream into a causal path of awakening to that original fundamental understanding. Used as intended, they have a powerful impact upon the imagination. Each one provides an opportunity for the imagination to settle enough to ponder the truth of its origin. 

Some of my favorite metaphors: