Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone
On Oct 28, 2010, at 23:24, Siska <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree, a teacher would be nice to have. From where I stand, it is still not a > "must have", but then again, I'm open to the difference, if perhaps this is > the way it is in Zen. At various places on the path, there is a common tendency to fool yourself. A strong relationship with a teacher makes this fooling yourself much harder. I had to move away from my teacher two years ago and haven't replaced her, and I can tell I am missing the interaction of someone who knows me well but is not me. Zen is all about face to face teaching. The writing is just entertainment. Without the practice in non-dual action, the words tend to hide the simple truth. I am not talking about the sort of satori experience Bill, but sitting with no goal is non-dual action. Repeat it and eventually even one as obtuse as myself notices that non-dual action is commonplace, the very scaffold of living. ------------------------------------ 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/
