Dogen #2 Letting go of the past and the plague of memories allows one to let go of the future. Letting go of the future, with its goal, expectations, plans, fantasies, allows one to abide in the present moment. Abiding in the present moment winds down the apparent self mechanism and allows one to see the nature and support of all things. Seeing the nature and support of all things allows one to abide in that which transcends form. Abiding in that which transcends form is the the path and the goal, the alpha and omega, on the royal road of freedom. June 19, 2001 (1 of 1)