Artie,
I agree with every word of your post below.Bill! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of roloro1557 Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Practical Mysticism - Evelyn Underhill In my direct experience there is nothing at all mystical about zen - nor is there anything mystical about it as the old Chinese masters taught it. And I do think this is why many people have such a hard time with zen - they are looking for something mystical, they cannot believe it really is that simple: "Everyday mind is zen mind" or "Marvelous spiritual power; chopping wood and carrying water!" or "If you want to understand zen directly, the normal mind is zen mind." And my favorite: "Someone asked Xuedou, 'What is the living meaning of zen?' Xuedou said, 'The mountains are high, the oceans are wide.' " Until you "get it" these things don't seem to make sense and people think there must be some deep mystical thing they are missing. After you "get it" you realize it was there all along! ;-) Artie __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5441 (20100910) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
