What a lame-a*s poser. This reminds me of so many other d*ckw*ds that have
faked it for a couple of months and then bailed out as if they were Greta Garbo
taking that last backwards glance at the cameras.
Goodbye, chief, don't let the door hit you on the back of your a*s on the way
out!!
Whe
Anyone who is a member of GROUPLY will be banned.
Grouply is a spammer virus, and if you check the web-features at any
Yahoogroup, the Grouply members constantly generate spam to anyone
that posts. I don't think they get access to the entire membership
database, but there are literally hundred
Could Jesus Bench Press his own weight? Could Buddha run a lap around
his cave? Could Moses swim the Red Sea? Could Mohammed hump a camel?
Did Krishnamurti maintain less than 5% body fat? Was Mohatma Ghandhi
capable of running a marathon? Which famous Holy Man was in the best
shape?
> I agree that Joju certainly did directly address the
question.>
Mojo Jojo? He used to be on the Powerpuff Girls! Really a great
character. He knew how to turn a phrase!
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What happened to that guy? He really made a lot of sense regarding
CHI, and Bill has scared him off due to his constant Dharma Combat.
We need year of peace in 2009. Someone must restrain Bill, he has
become too powerful in the CHI which he does not believe in.
--
he had to form a coalition (now called the Yellow
Shirts) with other groups. > The other major political force is the
vestiges of Thaksinâs old party (Thai Rac Thai) and are called the
Red Shirts.>>
Which shirt are you?
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"cid830" a little Viagra or Cialis will help, I'm sure. Just call
your doctor if you're sporting wood for longer that 4hrs.
>
Thank you for your expert advice. I am glad that you have shared your
insights as a willing receptacle for the woody, and have helped others
release their frustration
wrote:> I am in the northeast in the province of
Phetchabun.>>
Dear Bill,
Please read the subject heading. The question was, WHERE IS THE
CHINESE CHAN MASTER??
Though I appreciate knowing where you are. I hope you receive my
Christmas card this year. Now that I have a better address, the
> You can see a photo of me at www.billsmart.com in
the ABOUT US page. No, I'm not a skinny guy, and as you can see I
wear a multi-colored shirt.Bill!
>
I always imagined that everyone in Thailand was very skinny.
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Anthony Wu > In Thailand, fried rice is no difference than flight lice.
>
you make poriticrally incrorect rethnric jroke. flerry runfrunny.
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> In Thailand 'fried rice' is 'khao pat', and usually
specifies another ingredient like 'chicken fried rice' (khao pat gai)
or 'shrimp fried rice' (khao pat gung). Just 'plain fried rice' would
be 'khao pat kai' (egg only).
>
You sound like one of those college graduates we been talking abou
Right now, Krishnamurti is leading the 25 Holy Men for the title of
Most Physically Fit Holy Man.
Anyone that remembers J. Krishnamurti will recall he was very thin and
he always enjoyed walking, especially walking on the beach.
However, Jesus was a carpenter and he was also strong enough to
"cid830" This question has no answer. Is it a Kohn?>>
Is a KOHN a Jewish Koan??
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When I spoke to groups a lot I used to say in my
beginning remarks:'There's no such thing as a dumb question; there are
only dumb people asking them.'>
You must have been very popular among the Republicans.
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"cid830" now that I think of it, maybe there is an answer,>
I think it bears some discussion. There are those who believe they
surpassed Buddha. Did they?
On the other hand, shouldn't Buddha be the starting point? If the
practice of Buddhism has evolved over the past 1500 years, then it
would
Has anyone read that book? It is by Tim Keller, and I have read most
of it and I found it to be very interesting. I would like to read it
with others in order to get some feedback a chapter at a time.
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"cid830" it looks like it is written by a pastor trying to justify
Christianity to skeptics. I don't think I'd be too interested in that.
Is this the case, or what is it about? What have you gotten out of it
so far?
>
I have found it to be very spiritually uplifting. It connects the
Bible to
Vince
>
So instead you prefer zen buddhism, where every koan is open to
interpretation and most of it is totally undefined and completely
subjective depending on who the teacher is.
HO HO HO
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Anthony Wu The book you mention seems to advocate blind following.
>
What part of my description mentioned blind following? I don't even go
to church. I found the discussion to be stimulating and thoughtful.
How did you interpret that to mean "blind following?"
It is very seldom hard to prob
"cid830" I don't have to rely on my "faith" to carry me into the
promised land, after I die! The Kingdom of Heaven is among us!
>
>
That is as much a fantasy as anything else. To some degree it is a lot
worse and more pathetic to walk this earth thinking it is heaven. I
certainly hope that th
"cid830" Your annoyance is very telling! Someone so broad in his
intelligence should have found a way to tame his temper by now. >
You wouldn't talk like that to Dogen.
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"cid830"I believe the answer is somewhere in the middle. In a non-
dualistic existence that can only be experienced through strict
adherence to a certain belief system along with deep meditation.
>
>
What you believe is duality and your solution is Christianity or
Judaism or some other strict b
"cid830" If you can break your attachment to this dualism and dissolve
your Ego, you can get in touch with your True Self.>
Imaginary battle is just a substitute for the battle between good and
evil. You are so totally twisted with your dualisms and cliche'
phrases that you have no clue what yo
"cid830"> I know it may sound like I don't have a clue what I'm
talking about, but I know what I believe and I have found what I am
looking for. >
Words that ring hollow.
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Anthony Wu < Your statement is always great and sweet. It feels like a
carrot. Al is carrying a stick. Are you two in the same performance in
two different characters?
>
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in
Anthony Wu
That's what I don't agree with, as I see that there are opposing
forces (good & evil?) which are at work every day. Open the newspaper
and there are people being killed and otherwise assaulted and those
killers are not in the same "Buddha Mind."
I guess I am forgetting some of it
"cid830"
>
no excuses
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"cid830" Zen Master Al strikes again!
>
I usually make my best points when I don't intend to, and people often
disregard those things that I feel are the most important. I am not
sure if that even qualifies as idiot savant.
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Anthony Wu I can agree with all you say except for your statement that
nothing needs to be justified. Then, kiling, lying, womanizing,
drinking... do not need to be justified. They are 'just this'.
>
I think that is "New Age Zen" where everything is OK. I recall reading
an old zen book that st
Anthony Wu > Karma is the best thing to ensure moral values. As soon
as they hear about moral values, many will say we are just dogmatic. >
It is disturbing to me that many who want to practice zen think it is
some amoral system to ease their conscience every day so they can do
evil to others w
Anthony Wu Is this a Buddhism? Of course, there is a place for
playboys in this world, but not in a monastry, I think.
>
If you have no standards (no line in the sand), then you can justify
anything. That is what is going on in America today. It is call
immorality.
-
"cid830" at least tell me where I can find that zen is a "moral"
system.
>
Please post a list of the zen books you have read, the zen masters
that you have studied with, and the zen temples that you have
practiced at.
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"cid830" > I have read the Zen forum.>
Gee. That would probably result in an automatic disqualification if
you were applying to be a monk at any reputable zen temple.
I hope that I have not contributed anything to your mis-education.
Please forgive me.
Jue Miao Jing Ming -> The definition of a practitioner is to "practice
and apply". The apply part is the sweetest. It is essence of Chan
practice.
>
Do actions that hurt others create bad Chi?
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Anthony Wu <> -Â A monk licks maggots on a wound of a dog, for fear
of hurting the maggots and the dog >
That's not funny, that's sick.
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> OUCH!
>
>
What if you stick a porcupine in your narrow hole?
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"cid830" <> So, what were your Zen qualifications again? You read some
books? You visited some temples?>
Reading zen books was always a great pleasure for me. There are lots
of great zen books, the older ones seem to be the best, IMHO, though I
have not been reading a lot of them in the past te
Jue Miao Jing Ming -In our school, karma is just a label for
any "energy that causes" Good or bad are just human interpretations
of the result after the fact. It is not a believe system or a reward
system. Just simple cause and effect in Chi terms.
>
I can relate to that, because accountabil
Edgar Owen Anthony is anticipating what will happen if he runs into a
killer or how he will react while starving, I see Bill's point as
telling him the anticipation is the problem. The zen training will
allow him to react to the situation at hand from his Buddha Nature. >
That is kind of limite
Anthony Wu >
Hell Yeah! And what we have in most zen groups is a bunch of half-
baked knuckle-dragging pot-heads who think that smoking a blunt is the
way to nirvana.
HO HO HO
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If you are still alive, please reply to this post. Pursuant to the
Yahoo terms of service it is time for spring cleaning of the
membership and we have to delete the deceased members.
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Edgar Owen There is no such Yahoo requirement. I run
several groups and have never done this 'roll call'.
>
>
Are you a member of the Yahoo Power User group? This is for moderators
who have groups that total more than 25,000 members. We answer to a
higher standard.
http://tech.groups.yahoo
Ann Nelson <> as to dead or alive, not sure, but sitting regardless
>
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Edgar Owen <> May I ask which groups you run that total 25,000
members? Just curious, certainly not this one. ironically not the
poweruser group you link to>
The poweruser group is run by Yahoo, and it is by invitation of Yahoo.
Only Yahoo posts messages there. Apparently there is a lot that yo
Anthony Wu > A search only gave me 446 members in our group. Where are
those 25,000?
>
I am the moderator of 50 groups. I was invited by Yahoo to a group
called Powerusers which Yahoo runs. It is for people that moderate
groups totalling 25K or more. It is not like Yahoo sent me a gift
certif
Are we living in a toxic society? I watch TV, it is a non-stop
bombardment of commercials for Viagra, Encyte, Extenze, etc. MAKE IT
BIGGER, LONGER, HARDER! Women have commercials for the thing they can
put on the tip of their finger (sold by Trojan condom company). Then
there are the non-stop s
"Mayka" <> This is not way to talk to people particularly if you are
the moderator of spiritual or religious group from whatever tradition
that group is. This way of doing is harmful to yourself and everyone
else.
>
Are you having your period?
Current
Edgar Owen > Well I do know that 8 doesn't equal 25,000. Other than
that I know nothing for sure! :-)
>
Trust me on the rest. Keep clenching.
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"fitness4u2163" <> Are you having your period?>
Sorry for being so crude. I should not post what I am thinking.
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"Mayka" <> I see no wrong of posting what is in your mind, what are
you feeling or what is really in you...>
THANKS!
>Words carry in them energy positive or negative. Only one word can
> heal or destroy.>
HO
HO HO
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Edgar Owen <> May I ask which groups you run that total 25,000
members? Just curious, certainly not this one.
>
>
OK, I wanted to keep things clean, but here is the list of the groups
that I run with 25K or more each. I post this list at the risk of
getting the groups shut down, since you cann
I have no interest in participating in this group this year, so I
would like to find someone who can handle the moderator duties. This
entails deleting spam, banning spammers, and reading the emails in
order to take people off moderated status if they are halfway normal
and put people back on m
Edgar Owen < I'd be happy to moderate the group if you wish. I
already moderate a number of science oriented groups so am familiar
with what is required, and it would be just a little extra effort.
>
Dear Edgar,
thanks for your interest. You are a very nice person, and I enjoy
reading your o
"Mayka" <> I feel a lot of more release now by practicing alone and
writing to this group.>
That's just your ego misleading you. In person may have many
drawbacks, but it is a lot better than an imaginary relationship with
non-existant persons on the internet.
---
Anthony Wu <> Correction: Confucius should read O.J.Simpson.
>
OJ Simpson can read Confucius, but not the other way around. Confucius
is dead and OJ's book never got published.
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