i share your vision..merle
On 4/27/2012 3:54 PM, robenzo72 wrote:
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>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.
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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
