Al, My comments and replies are embedded below:
--- In [email protected], "Fitness63" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From: Bill Smart> JUST THIS!, or THIS!. That way I don't have to
deal with
> the dualities of direct/non-direct, or explain what 'experience'
means, or
> the duality of reality/illusion. >
>
> What about everything else that is ZEN? That is what JM is
referring to,
> that you just want a mental exercise for "experiencing reality
directly"
> without conscience, without responsibility, without obligations,
what is
> THAT?
> Just the meat and none of the bone? All the good parts without the
> responsibility for the rest of the world? You cannot have Dharma
without
> Karma and that entails a bigger picture than JUST THIS.
>
There is nothing else that is zen besides THIS! There is no THAT!
All THAT (conscience, responsibility, obligations, meat, bone, good
parts, Dharma, karma, bigger picture, etc...) are prodcuts of your
self and are illusary.
Just THIS!
...Bill!
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