My post was about 3/4 quotes from old stuff we chant at times, hopefully arranged into an appropriate pattern to make my point that zen, as I understand it, is nothing to do with our dreams to escape the mundane reality we see before us to achieve mystic union with some Beloved. It is not about escaping life, but a way to engage all of life in a balanced and realistic fashion.
Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Sep 14, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Ari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > From: Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 8:25:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Zen] Rumi -- Jewels of Remembrance > > In zen, the absolute is not "Just This." To encounter the Absolute > is not yet enlightenment. "Just this" is not some magic words > meaning something other than what is right in front of us. It is .. > just ... this. > > The absolute meets the relative like a box and lid - fitting together > to make a seamless reality, which is just this reality right here. > > --Chris > > I really could relate to your post, Chris. Ha, ha, I almost typed in > Christ! > > > > Yes, JUST THIS. Or sometimes I will do a meditation where I just keep > saying: NOW, NOW, NOW what am I experiencing NOW. > > That's probably a more primitive version of what you are saying, or maybe > I've got it wrong. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* > Survivors of Mitchell Ginsberg > http://survivorsofinsightpractice2010.yolasite.com/ > ~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >
