Then again - there is a pithy zen story about an aspirer of the truth telling his zen master that he
had an epiphany that like is just a dream. At which point the zen master kicks him in the shins asking oh really? -----Original Message----- From: the taoist shaman <[email protected]> To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 8:52 pm Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: life i think the wise est quote on life that i have herd - row row row your boat , genty down the streem , merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream. [email protected] wrote: > I prefer semi sweet. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Binah Hochma <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ash <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 4:08 pm > Subject: Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: life > > > Allen, > why do you think we seem to need to assign punishment to everything? Your friend is not they only one who thinks G-d is punishing us for everything under the sun. > The need to feel punished must fall into human nature along with us fighting our human nature. > "Life" is a maga zine > "Life" is a cereal > "Life" is a box of chocolates > I prefer chocolates > We could have the start of a song here > > Binah > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Life" is also a cereal. > > I recently tried to convince someone that natural disasters were not a punishment from her God for those who do not believe. It didn't go too well and turned into an angry lecture on my part. Basically substitute "scripture" for "life" in a crash course of anthropology and spirituality, that's what it was. Why do I feel guilty?.. If it shakes her faith and hope I'll be damned, if she reflects and understands the larger reality it will strengthen. Sometimes to what seems at first an academic matter, with empathy and understanding, we find a great responsibility in the actions we take. > > Risk. Isn't there a song about life being a poker game?
