Hi Ed You said: '...truths emerge...'?
Really? Rose --- On Wed, 11/17/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 3:41 PM Chris, Thank you for this post: Every point you make can be a seed for a potential new and enlightening thread - not necessarily a thread for discussing individuals, but for probing the pychological and ethical principles involved. I do believe that the way you experience me and others is reality for you. Interesting things happen and truths emerge when people are upset and speak out. Thank you for your speaking out. Regards, ED --- In [email protected], ChrisAustinLane <ch...@...> wrote: > > ED: > > Your posts do have a tendency to come off as being sly and a bit mean, despite your claim to have transcended karma, I mean Judeo-Christian notions of morality. > > You will recall that Mayka's posts also rub some people the wrong way, a phenomenon that has been thoroughly dissected here and attributed to some interesting linguistic goings on and the off bit of whoop ass. > > Perhaps you will share what you see as the causes for people to mis-read your intent in your posts. Perhaps you won't trust this forum that much. > > If you say that the causes are all external to you, I have to comment that there is not a dividing line between ED and Mayka. > > For the record, I found your use of the word "restrained" to described Bill's right speech to make me think you were being sly, and your reply to Mayka to definitely communicate negative emotional content. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane, who definitely is more likely to post here when upset than when not upset > > Mayka: > > > > Is it mama patting Billy on the head for being a good boy? > > > > Or is it a product of the fecal finger-pointing Judeo-Christian tradition? > > > > Or is it the historical Spanish inquisitorial spirit rearing its ugly head? > > > > Or is it something else? > > > > --ED > > > Bill: > > > > > > You would have been in your right not to give a reply to malicious posting. > > > > > > Mayka > > > Ed and Kristy, > > > > > > I didn't mean to be overly restrained. I can only give you my impressions of them before they became Dharma successors and were just two of a group of monks and students at the center - albeit 2 of the most senior and seemingly advanced students. I will say that I was always more comfortable with Bernie then Gempo. Gempo just seemed a little less approachable, but I've always just wrote that off as just a personality mismatch. > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > Ed, > > > > > > Well then, it seems we all are "underwhelmed" by Gempo...k > > > Kristy, > > > > > > My (slight) interest in Gempo was aroused by your mention of him. > > > > > > Bill has been restrained in his speech about his dharma brothers. > > > > > > --ED
