JMJM: There is not a level while we decide to breathe in awareness. The problem here is that some of us we keep having that habit energy pulling us to that automatic responses. Breathing while online it's another discipline to be practised. And I'm not saying I'm doing that myself. I was merely given the theory and the tool of it. Everyone can do it. Not level requirements of any kind here. Mayka
--- On Sat, 30/10/10, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 30 October, 2010, 17:30 Dear Mayka, Indeed. When we reach a level, where we could be able to differentiate our mental construct from true heart, our "intentions" could be directly touching the heart of others. Otherwise, we could be just indulging our ego in the reincarnation of the relativities of logic and words. Nonetheless, we still need to remind ourselves that all words, from everyone including Buddha, are emptiness by nature. The key word is "by nature". Thank you for your sharing. JM Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org On 10/30/2010 4:58 AM, Maria Lopez wrote: JMJM; There is a way of relenting the form of the words making them come out as a manifestation of Buddha, Jesus, god, Ala, Krishna, universal energy of the heart... and that is the one of, breathing we are online!. I've been having under observation myself reactions while posting to the web. I have noticed that when posting gets massive and try to read and answer them all... I start to lost all sense of synchronisation with the universe. After the second post or the third or the fourth....the active mind replaces the universal energy for mental activity. I have also noticed that as soon as that is brought to the awareness plane, I stop all activity and take a break to breath in awareness for as long as it takes to restore back the energy of the practise. Afterewards I'm OK again. This simple way is beneficial alone the taming of the ego. Taking care of it. As a result the outcome brings benefit to everyone. It's a continuous taming of the ego. Thanks for the opportunity of sharing. Mayka --- On Sat, 30/10/10, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 30 October, 2010, 0:45 Indeed, ED. The label for these conditions is "Delusion". As soon as we say or think or act, we have indulged ourselves into form, which is emptiness. So are every word posted and discussed here, including every alphabet that I am typing at the moment.... Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org On 10/29/2010 2:34 PM, ED wrote: Hi JMJM, Whether these opinions/conceptions are illusory or otherwise, they are all mere opinions/conceptions that furnish a framework for some to 'understand' the teacher-student relation; but one can never be certain one is not fooling oneself. --ED --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: > Hi All, In my limited experience, some teachers are like a tour guide, he tells us where to go or what to do. Some teachers are like a mirror, it reflects the true we, so that we get to know ourselves, to wake us up. Depending on whether we are the at the stage of seeking inwardly or outwardly, both type of teachers do have merits. It all depends on the "I' at that moment in life. This momentary condition are what we called karmic conditions. That's life. :-) Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org On 10/29/2010 11:56 AM, ED wrote: On the path or off the path, with a teacher (zen, psychological or spiritual) or without a teacher, one could be fooling oneself about something or other, from one perspective or another. This is a universal given in the game of life. --ED --- In [email protected], ChrisAustinLane <ch...@...> wrote: > 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. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > On Oct 28, 2010, at 23:24, Siska siska_...@... 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.
