--- In [email protected], "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suppose we could get into a big discussion on the differences between > complex and simple tasks, parallel-tasking, multi-tasking, serial- tasking, > but frankly I'm not interested in building a complete set of definitions on > that subject. These are all just intellectual classifications and are not > really pertinent to zen practice.
Yep - I now think that is the key point. When reading Suzuki's book and the phrase I originally quoted, I was thinking too much in absolute terms - doing ALL activities in a same manner, a manner Ahmed coined well with the term 'not multi-tasking'. But that is not the question in real life, real life as being the material Zen targets. It is more like blossom said in posting nr. 9909: "...to do everything with a full commitment. Use all of YOU." I like the practical approach Mike describes in his posting (nr. 9918) - and I will adopt this approach: "...no matter how busy I was (often working 6-7 days a week, upwards of 12 hours a day), I still found time, as often as possible, for "mindfulness days" where I was able to apply concepts such as doing one thing at a time. If I couldn't get a "mindfulness day" then maybe a "mindfulness hour" or even "mindfulness minute." " And the practical approach in Ahmeds longer posting (9917), where he describes his handling boredom in classrooms, seems very OK to me. I can not judge how Zen masters would agree to his approach, but I think that is exactly how to handle these kind of situations and still be very mindful. Thanks all for giving your thoughts and helping making my mind up! Eugene ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
