Did any of ya'll actually read the story that was posted??? We're in IT! speaking of recursion of cause and effect of cause and effect of cause and effect of cause and effect...trying to catch causeffect-causeffect-causeffect... Who caused the first effect??!! Lemme get him for doing that! wu wei wu
MEL, geturselfup man! aint nothing to get depressed over and don't get down about being all "dualistic," because it's only your "dualistic" mind telling you that in the first place. Breathe.......... taosheifei On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Mel, > > I don't know the laws in Australia but in the USA your employer cannot > dismiss you or take any other actions against you because of your absences > during jury duty. I recommend you discuss this with your employer as soon > as possible to let him know your circumstances, and then see what he has to > say. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > > > Greetings to all > >  > > ...Which is why I try so hard to be with the moment..instead of some > distant future, but it's not easy. I have just recently been called up for > Jury duty by what Americans call the Dept. of Justice. I've just started > this new job I'm currently in only since July last year (after a very long > period of unemployment), and there's a lot of pressure coming down on the > boss from the customers. The job is very unhealthy and hazardous, as I'm > forced to breath flour dust, icing sugar and similar on a daily basis. I > could lose my job if worse comes to worse, especially when I heard that one > of our major trials here in Australia concerning certain Muslim terror > suspects apparently lasted for 6 months last year. As it stands, I worry > now about losing my precious (albeit hazardous) job because of a court > case. In other words, one could say that I'm fretting over an unknown > future when I should be enjoying the last few days I have left of my annual > leave. > > Perhaps the next job offer may be better and safer if I lose my current > one...or, the court case may be postponed. Common sense is telling me for > the moment to just concentrate on this email and others, and then go home > for a good night's sleep after zazen and some readings on the Tao or > Buddha...or maybe even after watching an episode of LOVE BOAT with another > bowl of yoghurt icecream. Oh, my....despite all things I write/post above, > I certainly suffer a lot from dualistic thinking > >  > > > in Buddha's compassion > > Mel > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: ED <seacrofter001@...> > > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2012 2:20 AM > > Subject: [Zen] Zen Story: Cause and effect > > > > > >  > >  > > > Zen Story: Cause and effect > > There lived an old farmer who had worked on his fields for many, many > years. One day, his horse bolted away. His neighbors dropped in to > commiserate with him. "What awful luck," they tut-tutted sympathetically, > to which the farmer only replied, "We'll see." > > > > Next morning, to everyone's surprise, the horse returned, bringing with > it three other wild horses. "How amazing is that!" they exclaimed in > excitement. The old man replied, "We'll see." > > > > A day later, the farmer's son tried to mount one of the wild horses. He > was thrown on the ground and broke his leg. Once more, the neighbors came > by to express their sympathies for this stroke of bad luck. "We'll see," > said the farmer politely. > > > > The next day, the village had some visitors â€" military officers who > had come with the purpose of drafting young men into the army. They passed > over the farmer's son, thanks to his broken leg. The neighbors patted the > farmer on his back â€" how lucky he was to not have his son join the army! > "We'll see," was all that the farmer said! > > http://www.buddhagroove.net/2010/06/zen-story-cause-and-effect.html > > > >  > > > > >
