Re: [Zen] Re: A hiring manager enters a bar...

2006-08-11 Thread Michael Hansen
On 8/11/06, Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Throw them away! Or maybe send them to Michael... Bill, I can't help but think you're angry about something. Do you care to share, or are we going to be reading your snide comments from now until who knows when? It's time to get out of the

Re: [Zen] Re: [Zen Living] What the Bleep do I know?

2006-08-08 Thread Michael Hansen
I haven't seen the movie (I do, however,have the Ramtha School of Enlightenment DVD -- don't ask me how I got that because I haven't a clue), but this sentence... On 8/8/06, dkotschessa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is only a matter of time before the likes of Pat Robertson and Jimmy Falwell get

Re: [Zen] Introduction

2006-08-02 Thread Michael Hansen
take up horseback riding orgolf or something like thatinstead. ;) Regards, Mike On 8/2/06, dkotschessa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Michael Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With all due respect, I'm always a little leery every time someone says throw out your

Re: [Zen] Re: like ash

2006-05-02 Thread Michael Hansen
Disclaimer: I'm not good with words. That being said, I think you have the idea. If we're washing dishes, for instance, we should be washing dishes --not washing dishes, trying to balance our checkbooks in our head, planning dinner, etc. Like a smoky fire which doesn't burn effectively (it's

Re: [Zen] Zen and Solitude

2006-04-29 Thread Michael Hansen
Hello. From my experience, Zen isn't a quick fix, or something that we can (should) turn to only when we seem we've reached the peak of some new crisis. It's a lifelong practice, really, and it's when we're not practicing that situations like the one you've described here seem to jump out and