On 4/27/2012 3:54 PM, robenzo72 wrote:
The quandary I've shared here is simple, which works: Pacifist Zen
techniques (not sure if it's really practical in mainstream society),
or a mixture of healthy assertiveness in order to maintain your Zen (I
envision it as sorta' standing up for your right to be Zen by earning
respect...?). Buddha probably wouldn't agree, but I'm being practical
here.
This "quandary" confuses non-doing (realization of 'suchness') with not
doing things. Withdrawal from 'worlly' activities, quieting mind, and
all other such doings that are so often delusionally believed to be not
doings - seeking to achieve 'nothing' - rather than simply recognizing
no difference, all is mind, nothing other... and realizing...
You, are this "quandary" you have raised. It exists in no other way.
Zen does wonders for me
This is not Zen, this is a Zen fantasy.
Therefore I begin to visualize it..
Exactly.
Appearances arising in/as mind. What if you don't? Then it appears
otherwise. Same. Appearances. What if you place no value on/form no
attachment to what arises?
By non-attachment I am not suggesting detachment. That is aversion,
another of the 'Three Poisons' (attachment, aversion, and ignorance of
our true nature). All feeding into each other, creating this apparent
"quandary".
Non-attachments is simply full direct engagement, without added grasping
and rejecting what arises. Actions clearly arise in response... This
takes care of itself, with or without added stories about this. Whether
you like it or not - whether it "does wonders" for you or not - are
stories. Such stories will naturally arise in response like everything else.
K
