Dave, My remarks are embedded below:
--- In [email protected], "Dave P" <wookielife...@...> wrote: > > "Cure" is probably not the right word. I know it's not really a cure, and I > see it as an add-on to my other therapy. > [Bill!] That's what I meant. You said it better here. > However, my Western mind keeps seeing "letting go" as "giving up," not acting > as letting bad things have the potential of happening. Is there any way > around this impediment? > [Bill!] These of course are the two cruxes (cruces?) of your condition: obsession and compulsion. Not being able to let go is obsessive. Feeling the need to 'do something' is compulsive. But you are right that this is a delimna of the Western mind - and the Eastern mind too. It is a delimna of the discriminating, rational mind which is obsessed with logic, catergorization, valuation and understanding. And that mind is also compelled to act, to always keep busy, to never stop. This is well recognized in zen (Chan) and is resolved by sitting, sitting to dissolve the discriminating mind and the illusion of self allowing you to fully Just BE, and allow things to flow around you instead of trying to control them. So all of this is not 'just' your OCD mind, or your Western mind - but your discriminating, dualistic mind. You're certainly not alone in that. Your's might just be a little more problematic than most - but that's a matter of quanity, not quality. I hope this helps...Bill! ------------------------------------ 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/
