When I set up this (somewhat neglected of late) blog I chose the name “Notes From The Tigers Cave” as a reference to the Japanese proverb
Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu.
Literally: If you don’t enter the tiger’s cave, you won’t catch its cub.
I happened to come across this extract from Awakening To The Tao by Liu I-Ming as today’s reading in Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring’s book, The Mystic Vision: Daily Encounters With the Divine
“The Tao is as deep as can be – who is willing to pursue it closely? If you don’t go into the tiger’s lair, how can you catch its cub? If you don’t wash out the stone and sand, how can you pick out the gold?
“…carefully seek the heart of heaven and earth with firm determination. Suddenly you will see the original thing; everywhere you meet the source, all is a forest of jewels.”
