Yes ED, You tell Anthony De Mello that is already death. Search for him in the wiki you may find him interesting or may be not....
--- On Mon, 28/2/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Don't Change - By Anthony De Mello To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 28 February, 2011, 15:34 > I agree with accepting things as they are, but one must clearly understand > what that means. Yes, indeed! > Things as they are are what reality is. However many mistakenly think that > means Buddhists must be passive and submissive. Not at all. Yes, that would be a wrong view. > The correct understanding is that a Zen person can work actively to change > things in the world. That would be a waste of time, if the Zenist does not deeply apprehended the workings of the human psyche as per ordinary human nature. Realizing Buddha Mind does not necessarily make one street-smart. > The key is that 'accept' means to recognize what is as reality. It doesn't > mean one need accept (in the sense of submitting to passively) injustice and > suffering without doing anything about it. In general and to a very great extent, suffering and injustice do not excite people over-much, unless groups they feel affiliated with are the victims. After all if one changes it that becomes the new reality which in its turn is accepted as reality. > > Edgar "The life of an enlightened being is like a shadow of a bird on water." "The life of an enlightened being is like footsteps in the sky." " An enlightened being creates no karma, good or bad." --ED > Mike, > > I agree with accepting things as they are, but one must clearly understand > what that means. Things as they are are what reality is. However many > mistakenly think that means Buddhists must be passive and submissive. Not at > all. The correct understanding is that a Zen person can work actively to > change things in the world. After all whatever the results one accepts > reality even if one is in the process of actively changing it to a new > accepted reality. Whatever happens and is in the moment is reality and is > accepted but there are many forces working to change that in the next moment > and one can actively be one of those forces and still accept what is. > > The key is that 'accept' means to recognize what is as reality. It doesn't > mean one need accept (in the sense of submitting to passively) injustice and > suffering without doing anything about it. After all if one changes it that > becomes the new reality which in its turn is accepted as reality. > > Edgar > > Mayka, > > > > The story doesn't end there. Learn to accept the world as it is, too. > > You're not separate from the world and the world is not separate from you.. > > or 'me'. From recognising we all share the same Nature comes great Love and > > Compassion. > > > > Mike
