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Michael, love to see your daughter today.... it was my first thought when I saw your pic today.
all the best
linda

Great Sage EofH wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:26 pm

Otherwise I can lay it to rest here. (fingers crossed)

yes, it's time

Just a small note, Chris Hedges is no agent for propaganda. I can't speak for RT. Chris is about tough truths. The US needs more of him... fired from NYT after 20+ yrs overseas for telling the truth.

Ordinary is open to definition, as the master of subtlety says. Most misunderstood in zen as the two teishos reveal. I don't attribute it to a difference of tradition, ie, Soto, Rinzai. It's a diff in understanding. "Ordinary mind is the way" works well as a koan.

All good, you make sense. yes, we come out of the karmic waters. that's what Buddha did facing Mara. I'd just spin it a bit differently. Firstly, it's a shame that our dark side (shadow) has been personified as a female being. Ofc, Buddha and Mara are both personifications of energies we live. Pract...

McMindfulness, Ron Purser ... in conversation with Chris Hedges. Social and Military aspects.

yoo hoo, has anyone noticed how this is tracking the current events regarding assassination and war? WHOA!! talk about karma, haha, sob, sob. For starters, enlightenment leaves no trace. As I understand, Karma is simply an action.... actions can cause reactions, thus traces. It's basic humanity, and...

loves' the unjust wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:02 am

It's your goodness.you always have a fragrance of a mastery.

very nice, I've been searching for the words.

Just reading this last post above. It's hard to separate repentance and purification. Can we ever get beyond the judeo-christian idealogy. It seems to me that purification is nothing more than finding peace with reality.... a being that can include it all and stand tall. Nothing can be taken back. F...

Thanks Spike, nice to revisit this.... so very much John Tarrant and ordinary mind. It's what I grew up with.

loves, huh? no offense taken, no hurt feelings, nor rudeness. the only thing is that I don't have a blue dress. linda Linda; Please don't take defensive or offensive my words whatever. I've an opinion about you and i will share it. again, i don't want to be rude. I think every place has a devil and ...

it's more like "as it is" or "nothing added" at the heart of it. The idea of the zen way is the crystalization into a tradition. all good, yet then there is a not zen way. seems that starts wars in any tradition until it's gone beyond. ego ego. on the wall.... who's the fairest of them all?

linda

ah, Bokki... it wouldn't be any fun if you weren't who you are. as I see it, there is benefit in shaking things up too. I often wonder for whose benefit you ask your questions. Things are not always as they appear. Shiva and Shakti, silence and dynamic, dance together. The Tibetans might say crazy w...

loves' the unjust wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 21, 2019 8:07 pm

You don't reveal the truth.but let the truth reveal itself.any thoughts on?

catch it, if you can

from my experience, the teaching is upside down. My teachers met us where we were.... there was no judgement about earnest discussion giving us entry into the club. There maybe many demands on a teacher's time vs being on a forum. There are many agendas in zen teaching, real and unreal. No, it is no...

james, just to ask you..ok...? As I read your words, it seems to me that you are already disturbed by simply thinking of this possibility. Similar harrowing, gruesome circumstances are the reality of many people, many beings, every day. It won’t be quick. how is Equanimity to help one......lol, so ...

Bokki :111: "keep your eyes open, and your butt on the zafu." ah hum, I have an appreciation for American zen and a less than perfect teacher... eyes wide open. My zafu, when I could sit on it, was embroidered brocade, greens and silver silence. Ofc, when I sat with the Tibetans, I had a bright mult...

bokki,
I am in no way dismissing this tragic and improper behavior. Make no mistake, I am not excusing anything. Take a step back, if you can. Look at the world we live in. It's not my job to go farther. The heart breaks.
linda