RE: [Zen] Peace

2007-03-05 Thread Bill Smart
Mayka, Every morning I begin a journey. Every night the journey ends. Mayka wrote: Dear Bill At the end you or me or the both us lost the real point which is shows how useless and what a waste of time trying to explain things to people who have already many preconcepts in their minds. Yes I

Re: [Zen] Peace

2007-03-04 Thread Mayka
Dear Donald: Please do save us from all that comparations and continuos arrogance. In this particular list, I have found extremely difficult an easy communication. The more simple things said most of the times became a verbal competition and because my Englis is atrocious I do tend to get

Re: [Zen] Peace

2007-03-04 Thread Mayka
Dear Bill At the end you or me or the both us lost the real point which is shows how useless and what a waste of time trying to explain things to people who have already many preconcepts in their minds. Yes I am very happy to be the endless begginer. What about you? Mayka --- In

RE: [Zen] Peace

2007-03-03 Thread Bill Smart
Mayka wrote: Aspiration is free of desire. It is like when you see a living Buddha, you would like to became one but you are not caught in that desire. There is no attachment in aspiration. Why do you believe you are not a living Buddha yourself, and that there is nothing else that you need

Re: [Zen] Peace

2007-03-03 Thread Mayka
Bill Wrote: Why do you believe you are not a living Buddha yourself, and that there is nothing else that you need to become? .Bill! Mayka answers: A real living Buddha has free his/her mind and I haven't achieved that yet. So, I can not call myself a living Buddha but someone with an

Re: [Zen] Peace

2007-02-27 Thread Mayka
Bill wrote: Or, if you'd prefer not try to explain the contrast, what do you mean when you say 'aspiration'? Mayka Answers: Aspiration is free of desire. It is like when you see a living Buddha, you would like to became one but you are not caught in that desire. There is no attachment