i prefer the concept trust..hope is too airy fairy
merle
Hope, is one of "those enormously long forks."
For some, hope is a dream inspiring their work. For others, a
fantasy enabling them to put off their work. Either way, hope
doesn't work.
Likewise, fear can inspire both action and inaction but, fear does
not act.
People believe and deny what they will (which I suppose, is another
way to say "do the best you want"! *L*). Such
self-defining/delineating/limiting acts change nothing, prevent
nothing. However this appears, it only appears otherwise from
whatever perspective is held.
'Zen' drops the "how" from however, the "hope" from hopefulness, the
"skill" from skillfulness, the "za" from zazen...
Expressions of Zen
Illusory forms remain
Ever elusive
K
On 6/8/2012 9:07 PM, Joe wrote:
>K,
>
>The hungry ghosts feed each other, we hear, with those
enormously long forks, and cannot feed themselves. Anyway,
so the nice story goes. Not a bad story, and a lesson in
there. ;-)
>
>Expression is one of the Skilful Means to develop in our
practice. Well, teachers and students consider it
important.
>
>I always say, "do the best you want". There's a hope in
there, as well as encouragement. And an incentive to drop
or ignore perceived limits.
>
>--Joe
>
>> No matter how one serves, Dharma cannot feed hungry
ghosts.
>
>
