Thank you for your kind nest of your thoughts Steve.
Mind that if I wrote that mental state was to make a very important point and
that was that in the purest essence of zen there are no morals or ethics of
right or wrong. Saying this like this, it sounds as it was something dangerous
to a society. It sounds as the real zennist practitioners were a kind of aliens
with no morals or ethics. And all what it means is that “the morals and ethics”
are found in the awareness of the breath anchored in the present moment and
nowhere else. A non practitioner will be unable to understand this because in
fact is a truth that can only be seeing and experienced by oneself alone.
It was to make a point about the non discrimination between positive and
negative. For instance in the TNH traditions followers dwell in a kind of ideal
world where everything is turned out a fantasy world where nothing negative is
accepted. For some time I was into that wave myself. Till one day out of the
blue, I had a break through that and could see that alike the Jhanas all that
previous wave of “ Walt Disney World “ was an intriguing pleasant passage
preparing one in courage to cut through illusion and getting closer and closer
to the heart of life.
Mayka
--- On Tue, 19/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote:
From: SteveW <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Zen] Another Article Of Possible Interest
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 19 April, 2011, 21:51
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In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote:
>
I experience isolation and solitude at present (I rather keep to myself the
causes of such arising sentiments) .   These processes hardly ever are
easy going to anyone.   These processes that involves so many
strong emotions push me with their adrenaline to concentrate in what really
matters in life and that is the present moment.Â
Hi Maria. I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing difficult times. All
phenomena come and go. This difficult time will also pass.
Please be well.
Steve
