At 10:22 AM 6/20/2007, you wrote: > [SA previously] > > The question is how unattached is "yes, no, & all >of the above" > > from practical reality/sense reality. Historically, >Zen had a > > degenerate problem with nothingness. Certain >practitioners inclined > > >themselves to not think, to rid thoughts, instead >of realizing > > thoughts are still a manifestation of this reality. >The 6th patriarch in > China went at great lengthens >to rid not-thinking, and said non- > > thinking is much different. He became the only >Buddhist practitioner > to have his words declared a >sutra outside of India. Are you non- > > thinking or trying to not-think? Do you like static >quality? > > [Marsha] > > Great question! I think holding 'yes, no & all of >the above' in your > > mind requires alertness, watchfulness, openness. >It's realizing and > appreciating both ground and >figure. It is emptying the predictable. > It is >accepting vulnerability. > > Do I like static quality? Yes, no & all of the >above. > > I see what you mean. Something about, >"...appreciating both ground and figure..." that >helps. By ground, I take that to mean practical >reality, as in she is grounded. By figure, I take >this to mean self. I agree with this. Maybe you were >using ground and figure another way? > So, you do think. It is a non-thinking, NOT a >not thinking you try to partake. That's what I try to >do, too. Therefore leaving oneself open, alert, and >ready for what happens.
SA, I don't understand your non-thinking versus not thinking. Thinking is experience too, is it not? Do you think thinking is a poor substitute to direct experience? Isn't thinking just another form of direct experience? What do you think? Marsha moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
