It’s interesting to note that, for Dogen, in Bendowa, one « falls » into dualism.
Thus, like a misstep, the practitioner misses the trapeze and falls into the net of dualism.
To escape non-dualism is like losing one’s balance on a tightrope stretched above the void.
The dualism into which one is thus crushed remains, nevertheless, a flexible net that prevents a complete fall.
A net from which one could resume practice and discover, or reconnect with, the acrobat’s instinct.
Notes & Silence 