RE: [Zen] zazen

2008-08-21 Thread BillSmart
Edgar, (The ILLUSARY Edgar) Thanks for your post and your considered remarks. As a result of your post I have changed my idea about the meaning of the words 'emotions' and 'feelings', at least the way I use them. This all has to do with, as you've also pointed out, the connection with 'self'.

Re: [Zen] zazen

2008-08-21 Thread Edgar Owen
Hi Bill, Yes, its the illusory Edgar again! The question is whose illusion? :-) One of my favorite Zen sayings as translated by Suzuki Daisetz is 'awaken the mind while dwelling nowhere'. I take that as meaning see everything that exists in the present moment in its original brightness