ED: What scares me the most these days is the lack of heart. This lack of the heart is leading us to madness and non sense. In a way it reminds me that fairly tale of the Bible talking about the construction of the Tower of Babe. Looking into the heart of that story I can see what is happening into us. Whatever we choose, we can't afford to loose our heart. Our altruism, even when some may think that altruism and human warm is not part of zen. There is this event happened in Chile with the miners which is a great teaching of how people were working all together united all by life. Mayka --- On Wed, 20/10/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote:
From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 20 October, 2010, 6:56 --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusub...@...> wrote: > > > JMJM, You're right about the need to still "sit through", Yes, this quietude and stillnes of mind and body over long sittings and over an extended period of elapsed time are the principle factors in transforming the brain from an AD/HD-like mode of operation into a buddha-mind-like mode of experiencing reality. > ... however to know that we are somehow changing our brain/thoughts for the > positive in a concrete, physiological way frees us from a lot of the esoteric and ceremonial nonsense that Zen is clouded in ... > Mike My soul/spirit feels uplifted by the ambiance created by the ceremony, ritual and chanting of Zen (and also of most religions.) This ambiance facilitates the quietening of the discursive mind. --ED
