Robyn and I were taken hostage on the way out. The monk demonstrating the 15-meter Crying Dragon on the ceiling of the Yakushido only spoke Japanese. But he spoke it roughly, and we had to wait for him to bang his clapper sticks under the dragon, the echo produced that resonated like a bell (rather than the roar of a dragon), and a long lecture he was determined to deliver in its entirety, before we could be liberated.
‘The number two priest
Looks as if he could do
With a puff or two.’
Sixty Senryu
I left Robyn briefly, to Let’s beautifully use the rest room. Please neatly arrange and put shoes.
On my way out, I collided with a magnificent white stallion. Before being led around to the sacred stable by his attendant, he shook its head up and down at me, his mane flying a shiver up my spine.
‘You are in the desert. You are traveling with 5 animals: A Lion,
A Monkey, A Sheep, A Cow, and A Horse.
It is a long way more to the safety of civilization, and one by
one, you are forced to release each animal, until you are left with
only one. In what order would you get rid of each animal from \
your possession?
Rank them and continue on below:
The desert represents hardship. Each animal represents the
following: A Lion – Pride, A Monkey - Your Children, A Sheep
– Friendship, A Cow – Basic Needs, A Horse - Your Passion.
So, in the face of hardship, you will sacrifice each of these things
in turn. Your last animal represents that thing which you cling to
at the expense of all others.’
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