--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mayka, > > > > I have no aspirations. > > > > I arise when I wake. I eat when I'm hungry. I pick up litter when I see > it. I comfort others when I feel their pain. I sleep when I'm tired. > > > > That is enough for me. > > > > .Bill! > Dear Bill:
What you do is very well done. But perhaps you missed out the real meaning of having an aspiration. Having an aspiration it is not exactly the same as havind a desire. It has been noticeable to me that some Americans Soto Tradition practicioners understand the words of having an Noble Aspiration and desire as these two words had the same meaning. I would like to clarify that they don't. Having a noble aspiration is free from desire. And therefore your answer is not applicable to question previusly made. Howeve, it doesn't mean in any way that your answer is wrong about what you are doing. It only means that your experience is different to my experience. That's all. Thank for your feedback and sharing. Peace and wellbeing Mayka ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
