If Eihei Dogen had a daughter in the 21st century, perhaps he would have encouraged her to be "steadily intimate in [her] mind field" in this way:
You have my okay
to suck the marrow out of life
to break through the effervescent exterior of the moment
and bite into its dark, rich truth.
You have my blessing
to do only what you can do with attention
to not layer in more because you ought, should, or were told to
Breathe, then ask your heart if this is what you intend.
If the answer is yes, go forth.
You have my support
to be less of the person you thought you were
and more of what you are fully in this moment,
to be aware of what drives you,
be they habits of mind, aspirations, delusions,
and to give yourself the liberty to chose which will surface today.
To know the world, start by knowing the knower - nothing is excluded.
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