DP, We should not regard zen messages as linguistic tricks. In this case, Bill should be able to enlighten us, despite his ostensibly encouraging killing and looting.
Anthony --- On Sun, 15/8/10, DP <[email protected]> wrote: > From: DP <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Namaste- first message > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 15 August, 2010, 10:35 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been doing zazen for awhile now, but I've gone > weeks and months at a time without doing it... getting up > and doing it regularly is very difficult for me. > > > > I like to consider myself, in the words of Evelyn > Underhill, a "practical mystic." I find koans > sometimes useful, but I find that I am also drawn to the > ideas of Thich Nhat Hanh, of imbuing everything with purpose > (of course, this can be hard with OCD, in which every action > seems to have hidden consequences). I'm a little turned > off by some of what I find obfuscating in some zen messages, > the people who hide behind linguistic tricks. Is that a > little too cynical? Am I asking too many questions? :) > > > > --- In [email protected], > Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 > <chan.j...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Hi DP, > > > > > > We have people suffer from the same. > > > > > > Do you know how to do belly breathing? If yes, please > do belly > > > breathing while meditating. > > > > > > If you don't know, I will send you the > instruction. As long as you > > > meditate daily at the same time and place with belly > breathing, in just > > > three month, you'll notice improvements to your > condition. > > > > > > JM > > > > > > -- > > > Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can > > > http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com > > > http://www.heartchan.org > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/15/2010 6:46 AM, DP wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > Maria Lopez <flordeloto@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Welcome to the zen forum DP; > > > > >  > > > > > What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?. > What's that about?. > > > > > > > > I could try to explain it myself, but these do it > better... > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_compulsive_disorder > > > > > > > > My particular kind of OCD is closest to > Scrupulosity. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive_compulsive_disorder > > > > > > > > Is being Christian an impediment to me being on > here? I am not a > > > > "biblle-thumper" type if that makes a > difference. > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > Thank your for the openeness, honestity and > clarity you talk about > > > > you. > > > > >  > > > > > Mayka > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 14/8/10, DP > <dave.dplatt72@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: DP <dave.dplatt72@> > > > > > Subject: [Zen] Namaste- first message > > > > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Date: Saturday, 14 August, 2010, 16:35 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > HI, I am new here, and I would like to give > a little introduction. > > > > > > > > > > I am 38, and I have been meditating on and > off for about two years, > > > > reading about Zen for about 10. I find that zazen > helps with my > > > > Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and while I > don't want to go into too > > > > many details about that, they key is the fear of > uncertainty. the fact > > > > that Zen embraces uncertainty is what appeals to > me. > > > > > > > > > > I am nominally Christian, but I lean towards > the more liberal end, > > > > i.e. Quaker or even further. I see > Christianity's strength being in > > > > its ethical system, at least when properly > applied. I would become > > > > even more involved with Zen, sadly there is no > real Zendo near where I > > > > live. > > > > > > > > > > Anything else anyone would like to know? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can > > > http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com > > > http://www.heartchan.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
