ED, Please do read Mike's post later. It is right on target! And uses analytical words and concepts you should feel very comfortable with.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Mike, > > I convere with people on the Forum with the mind I possess. > > If you have a mind that you prefer, join in the conversation and > demonstrate to us how you want our minds to function. > > Thanks, > > --ED > > PS: I will read your post more carefully later when I have more time. > > > > --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > > Hi ED. > > > IMO, you have a quite powerful and vigorous analytic, > reductionist, discursive intellect, which must serve you well > when applied in its proper sphere to puzzles amenable to logical > analysis. > > > But when you try to approach Zen in that way you are > like a physically powerful man who wants to solve every problem > by using his great physical strength, even if physical strength > is of no use. > > > The analytic intellect will always try to deconstruct > eveything into component parts or concepts, compare and contrast > those component parts and concepts, and reconstruct those component > parts and concepts in various ways. > > > But this is of no use if ultimate reality is > not composed of component parts and concepts! Even to say "All is One" > will be > beside the point. IMO. > > > Steve > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > And your non-rational mind may treat you to a more sane and peaceful > > experiencing of reality - a never-ending serotonin -oxytocin moment? > > > > If your rational mind is curious about mindfulness, the answer may lie > > in this humongous haystack! [#-o] [:p] > > > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=mindfulness&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=Mindfulness > <http://www.google.com/search?q=mindfulness&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=Mindfulness\ > > > > > > --ED > ------------------------------------ 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/
