An for a baby, that is right action, perfectly suitable to the conditions.
Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Nov 25, 2010, at 7:32, "ED" <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > In one way or another, in effect, babies are almost entirely focused on > me-me-me, that is they are continually looking for food and a comfortable > environment, with no regard for anything or anyone else. > > This 'selfishness' has nothing to do with any carry-over from previous lives. > > Babies have evolved to be this way because such behavior enhances their > chances of survival in the Darwinian struggle of life. > > --ED > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris wrote: > > Babies do not split life into self and other. > > Also they do not get distracted by abstract worries. They are fully present > in the moment. They are not much concerned with stuff outside of their own > internal needs, but that is appropriate. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > >> Lana, >> >> The way in which babies normally and naturally behave is to be obsessed with >> 'I/me/mine' (it's ego), with no regard whatsoever for the needs of its >> mother or anyone else - and without which attitude it would not survive. >> >> In short, if babies had no egos, the only babies who survived for more than >> a few days would be 'buddhas' - and the population of human buddhas on this >> earth would be nil. >> >> --ED >> >> >> >> --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Lana M. Gibbons" <lana.m.gibb...@...> >> wrote: >> > >> > No, Thank You. I already have much of the infant's mentality, the lack of >> > duality, the awareness, the "no-mind" - to discard all of what I have >> > "learned" so far would be to discard my true self. >> > >> > The typical five year old has many concepts and ideas, they are possessive, >> > materialistic, extreme in their sense of duality, some even expect others >> > to >> > serve them - that is nothing I strive towards being. >> > >> > If all children naturally developed as Buddhas, there would be no need for >> > Buddhism to exist. >> > >> > -Lana >> > > >
