Opening a path through the water of the Red Sea,
Suddenly revealing the earth.
The teaching from the parted depths of the soul appears.
Moses traces the path that teaching reveals,
He puts it into practice.
Why would we part the waters, if there is no one to cross ?
Sitting practice, the symmetry of the postural axis
Opens the soul onto Being.
On each sitting, the wood is struck and the path is drawn.
Notes & Silence 
I think I know what you mean, but you may wish to re-phrase one part of this. In English « opening bowels » is a rather lavatorial idiom.
You ask why part the waters if there is no-one to cross. But, if you draw the path (though I would suggest you are your path) is it not your crossing?
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Oh…
Though I was attempting to describe a mix between spiritual (« soul ») and physical (« bowel ») realms,
I did not wish to sound as « down-to-guts » as that…
Thanks Simon for making me aware of this.
I’ll try ‘entrails’…which seems less anatomical to me,
in case you do not validate this choice, I’ll keep the more neutral ‘depths’ up my sleeves.
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As I’m reading this post again, trying to remember what on Earth I was trying to say as I wrote this…
It looks like I was struggling (still am) to fit the conceptual baggage from Buddhism ((a certain understanding of)Anatta)) to actual, real world experience.
It is my crossing.
The inner echo of the Biblical scene
(or the other way around, most certainly, if you ask me.. : the Biblical passage is the outer echo of inner phenomena)
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The best thing to do with baggage is to leave it by the waste bin. Particularly when it conflicts with reality. That’s pretty well my approach to biblical stuff.
Why not simply say « body ». « Entrails » makes you sound like a haruspex.
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I had to look this on up…made me laugh.
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As for reality, though we call it such, it remains relative…conflicts may be dealing with yet another illusion.
Let’s not be too quick to drop luggage.
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We are not. That is the problem.
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Bonjour à vous,
Merci pour ce relais ainsi que pour cet aimable commentaire.
Très bonne journée à vous
Franck
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