Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka?

2010-08-15 Thread Maria Lopez
Anthony;   You didn't answer the question.  You limited the question tje skin of people.  You gave a mental image that you imagined. This is again a job of the ego or the self. I repeat the question::  Which is better black or white? Mayka  --- On Sun, 15/8/10, Anthony Wu wu...@yahoo.com.sg

Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka?

2010-08-15 Thread ED
The question, as it stands, is meaningless. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez flordel...@... wrote: Anthony; You didn't answer the question. You limited the question tje skin of people. You gave a mental image that you imagined. This is again a job of the ego or the

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Hi DP, We have people suffer from the same. Do you know how to do belly breathing? If yes, please do belly breathing while meditating. If you don't know, I will send you the instruction. As long as you meditate daily at the same time and place with belly breathing, in just three month,

Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka?

2010-08-15 Thread Maria Lopez
ED;   ...And yet we do it all the time every time we make comparations.   Mayka --- On Sun, 15/8/10, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka? To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 15 August, 2010, 13:48   The question,

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread Maria Lopez
Thanks DP.  I would have much prefer having yourself personal experience with that disorder.  But I understand.  Thank you for the link.  Mayka --- On Sun, 15/8/10, DP dave.dplat...@gmail.com wrote: From: DP dave.dplat...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message To:

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread DP
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez flordel...@... wrote: Welcome to the zen forum DP;   What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?.  What's that about?. I could try to explain it myself, but these do it better... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_compulsive_disorder My

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread DP
I have been doing zazen for awhile now, but I've gone weeks and months at a time without doing it... getting up and doing it regularly is very difficult for me. I like to consider myself, in the words of Evelyn Underhill, a practical mystic. I find koans sometimes useful, but I find that I

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Dear DP, words of E..U.., koan, purpose, turned off, messages, people hiding are all mental construct. To rid of OCD, is not to think about anything, just belly breathe. It works. Don't judge, just give it a try. :-) On 8/15/2010 7:35 AM, DP wrote: I have been doing zazen for

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread DP
I can do that as well :) I vary between two very different OCD symptoms... one is a fear of contamination, that something in my environment will kill me. The other is a fear of doing something wrong (sexual, violent, etc) that will offend people and cause people to leave me. Interspersed with

Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka?

2010-08-15 Thread Anthony Wu
JMJM, I did not expect you to be so pessimistic. Anthony --- On Sun, 15/8/10, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 chan.j...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 chan.j...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Where's Mayka? To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 15 August, 2010, 10:17 PM

Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread Anthony Wu
DP, We should not regard zen messages as linguistic tricks. In this case, Bill should be able to enlighten us, despite his ostensibly encouraging killing and looting. Anthony --- On Sun, 15/8/10, DP dave.dplat...@gmail.com wrote: From: DP dave.dplat...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Namaste-

RE: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread BillSmart
Dave, Welcome to the Yahoo! Zen Forum. I have one question: Why do you consider Quakerism a LIBERAL form of Christianity? I would think it would be classed as a very CONSERVATIVE form. .Bill! From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of DP Sent:

RE: [Zen] Namaste- first message

2010-08-15 Thread BillSmart
become even more involved with Zen, sadly there is no real Zendo near where I live. Anything else anyone would like to know? __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5368 (20100815) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus