[Zen] My book on Reality is now available on Amazon.com

2013-08-20 Thread Edgar Owen
Dear All, After several years of work my book on the deep nature of reality is now published and available on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Sweeping-Existence-Information-Consciousness/dp/0615869459/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8qid=1377032180sr=8-3keywords=edgar+l.+owen Edgar

[Zen] well done!

2013-08-20 Thread Merle Lester
edgar..congratulations your book is now published...well done!...cheers merle   Merle www.wix.com/merlewiitpom/1

Re: [Zen] well done!

2013-08-20 Thread Edgar Owen
Thanks Merle... On Aug 20, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Merle Lester wrote: edgar..congratulations your book is now published...well done!...cheers merle Merle www.wix.com/merlewiitpom/1

[Zen] Bad sleep around full moon is no longer a myth

2013-08-20 Thread Merle Lester
  i have struggled with this for years and  folk think i'm crazy..now it's a fact... i will crank up my broomstick without fear!... merle http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uob-bsa072413.php

[Zen] Re: My book on Reality is now available on Amazon.com

2013-08-20 Thread Bill!
CONGRATULATIONS --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Dear All, After several years of work my book on the deep nature of reality is now published and available on Amazon.com

[Zen] Re: the human body

2013-08-20 Thread Bill!
Merle, No, the body is not a restraint. It is a gateway - at least as far as zen is concerned. The body, or at least its ability to afford awareness of reality, is the necessary component of Buddha Nature for not only humans but all beings as we know them. ...Bill! --- In

[Zen] Re: the human body

2013-08-20 Thread Bill!
Merle, I also want to add that experiencing Buddha Nature, such as through zazen, does not involve a disconnection with the body. It involves a disconnection with the illusion of self and all dualism. ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill! BillSmart@... wrote: Merle, No, the

Re: [Zen] the human body

2013-08-20 Thread Kristopher Grey
On 8/20/2013 7:57 PM, Merle Lester wrote: i have belief that monks can practise a form of meditation whereby the can slow the whole body/ mind totally down to an almost non existent state Then you also believe is such common sense nonsense as existence and nonexistence. The practices you

Re: [Zen] the human body

2013-08-20 Thread Kristopher Grey
On 8/20/2013 7:57 PM, Merle Lester wrote: my zen question is thus: to be totally free ..the human body is it a restraint? merle Whether you think it is, or is not, binds you. KG

Re: [Zen] Re: My book on Reality is now available on Amazon.com

2013-08-20 Thread Edgar Owen
Thanks Bill... Edgar On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Bill! wrote: CONGRATULATIONS --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Dear All, After several years of work my book on the deep nature of reality is now published and available on Amazon.com